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> Roland,
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> I take it that by the "oldest," you mean the longest-lived. There is
> information that may place the Ocean Quahog, Arctica islandica (Linnaeus,
> 1767),
> in seniority of the geoducks. It consists of a series of reports by Doug
> Jones, now Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History, beginning with
> his doctoral dissertation at Princeton. In my utter disorganization, I cannot
> put my finger on any of this work, but I think he put a short note on this
> topic in American Conchologist a few years back. Perhaps another
> Conch-L'er can
> locate it.
This was the subject of a talk at COA convention in St Louis. It was
excellent! As I remember, Arctica islandica has been aged at over 260 years.
Peggy
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