Panopea Floridana- Geoduck
Also available with blister pearls
Panopea floridana
And Pictured Below is a Fossil Panopea
with blister pearls.
This is just one of the fossil panopea floridana with
natural blister pearls, as
you can see this one is loaded with pearls. There are others available also
some with just a couple of pearls to one of the best pictured above. These
are whole shells, both haves.
For those know about these fossil shells you know what a rare
find this is. This fossil panopea floridana is not broke with the large gap on
the one side the animal that was inside was to large for its shell and
they lived about 3 feet under the sea floor. There contractile siphons
can stretch nearly 4 feet and are so large that they cannot be
completely withdrawn into the shell , the actually animal in present day
to weigh 2 lbs. The present day panopea is called a geoduck, king clams,
gooeys or giant clams. The oldest known present day panopea is 147
years old in Canada. Panopea age can be calculated by the annual growth
rings like a tree. So when they died the shells and sand etc just
filled up the shell. Modern day panopea are considered a delicacy
since they are so hard to find. Present day panopeas are known to live
in depths of 2 feet to more than 250 feet deep. Panopea's are the largest
burrowing clams in the world.
