Species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil found alive

The findings were described as “pretty remarkable”.

(SWNS)

A species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil has been found living off the coast of California.

It was first described in 1937 by a scientist who collected over one million fossils around Los Angeles.

But a living identical clam was found by Doctor Jeff Goddard while turning over rocks in search of a species of sea slug called nudibranch.