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How Big Did Bivalves Get?

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Do these get much larger than this one at around 6.7 cm. Found in Tarrant Co. Texas 20-30 years ago.

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Not sure about extinct bivalves but the modern Giant Clam, Tridacna gigas has reached 54 inches. (137 cm)

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Is the question "What is the largest bivalve ever found?" For extinct bivalves, Inoceramus was pretty darn big, the largest over 6 feet: https://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/06/03/woosters-fossil-of-the-week-a-very-large-clam-upper-cretaceous-of-south-dakota-usa/. 

 

Or is your question, "I found a pretty big bivalve mold in Texas. Does anyone have a larger one?" In that case, I can't answer that since I've never been to Texas. 

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