Greatshell

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A Greatshell was a type of large, crustacean-like animal native to Roshar.

They include Chasmfiends, and their lesser cousins, ChullsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, Marabethian marine greatshellCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, the extinct LancerynCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content and, others.[citation needed] Larger species have a large gem inside of them, called a Gemheart. Greatshells are usually wild and hunted for their gemhearts, edible meat and carapace, although some species are domesticated.

Their blood is violet, and has a musty, moldy smell.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

They have no tongue, and a complex set of jaws. Chasmfiends, for example, have some flat platelike teeth for crushing and destroying shells and other, smaller mandibles for ripping off flesh or shoving it deeper into the throat.

Greatshells live in symbiotic relationships with spren that allow them to grow as large as they do.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content These spren only appear around the corpses of recently killed greatshells.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

People from Kadrix are said to ride greatshell beasts.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

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