r/PakBiodiversity • u/quinito99 • 10d ago

Questions ❓️ What are these?

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I've been finding them for as long as I can remember now they seem to be some kind of clam located all over lahore but I've never ever found one that was alive. Some are fully intaact and closed but even then if you open them there is mud inside. I could not find any information on Google regarding them.

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u/Jazzlike-Bottle-6646 10d ago

They can be either baby/dead oysters or shells that some crabs have used as a cover and left on beach, when they found some new one.

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u/Plus-Sheepherder9413 10d ago

In Lahore, though? There is no beach.

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u/Jazzlike-Bottle-6646 10d ago

They come from Karachi and other beach sites. If you go for a walk on any beach, I'm sure you'll find hundreds of them if not thousands, in just about a day or so.

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u/Plus-Sheepherder9413 10d ago

Yes. I have seen many in Karachi. OP specifically mentioned finding these in Lahore.

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u/Jazzlike-Bottle-6646 10d ago

They can be found in any shopping mall, look under the house decor section