Authorities have recovered P8.1 million worth of fossilized giant clam shells locally called taklobo or manlet in Balabac, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday.
A large fossilised clam shell, believed to have been formed 180,000 years ago, has failed to sell at auction. The 110cm (3.5ft)-wide shell, found in Kenya in 2017, is considered unusual as both ...
It has now emerged that the shells were tossed into a skip in the 1980s but spotted and rescued by a ... Another shell is that of the giant clam and the chambered nautilus, a mollusc with scores ...