หนุ่มเจอ “หอยกาบตัวเบิ้ม” – A 2.6-pound quahog claim that made a rare visit to the Florida coast is believed by researchers to be 214 years old. Blaine Parker said he was collecting shellfish to make chowder at Alligator Point, on St. James Island in Franklin County when he found the gigantic quahog clam, an Atlantic species found most often north of North Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook

หนุ่มเจอ “หอยกาบตัวเบิ้ม” – A quahog clam found at Florida’s Alligator Point was determined by researchers to be about 214 years old. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook

หนุ่มเจอ “หอยกาบตัวเบิ้ม” – Parker took the clam to the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea, where researchers confirmed it was much larger than the average quahog, which typically weigh up to half a pound and measure up to 4.3 inches in length. Parker’s clam was measured at 6 inches long. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook

Researchers said the alternating bands of light on the clam’s shell indicate it was born in 1809, the same year Abraham Lincoln was born. Parker dubbed his find Aber-Clam Lincoln. Lab officials said Lincoln is believed to be the fourth-oldest clam on record. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook