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makes up only 1% of all tridacnas located in the Red Sea, making the species a rarity in the place they were discovered in. The species also is reported to make up 80% of all tridacnid fossils in the area. This idea leads scientists to believe that the species was heavily hunted nearly 100,000 years
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has is a bivalve mollusk with an elongated. The shell has a few folds compared to other bivalve tridacnas, about 5–7 of the on each shell. The upper shell has somewhat large tooth-like formations projecting form its outer edge. Even when compressed as much as they can be, the
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