# How old can an ocean quahog/ocean clam get? SD on "longest living animal..."

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**Created:** [July 2, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-can-an-ocean-quahog-ocean-clam-get-sd-on-longest-living-animal/790375 "2017-07-02T18:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-can-an-ocean-quahog-ocean-clam-get-sd-on-longest-living-animal/790375/1 "2017-07-02T18:03:44Z")

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See query. Says so in a throwaway comment in a[cooking page](http://tocookashellfish.com/clams/), which I have little reason to trust. [Wik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_clam)i comes up empty.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-can-an-ocean-quahog-ocean-clam-get-sd-on-longest-living-animal/790375/2 "2017-07-02T19:01:28Z")

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At least 507 years old. :eek:

[Meet MING](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_(clam))

Fascinating. They counted his “rings” like on trees.