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|image=Chasmfiend Hunt by Randy Vargas.jpg
|type=Animal family
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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'''Greatshells''' are a group of large
== Appearance and Anatomy ==▼
Greatshells refers to a variety of creatures both aquatic and land-bound. They do, however, share a number of physical characteristics. They are uniformly massive, vastly larger than a human; the largest creatures on the planet, both on land and in the water, are greatshells.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} They possess an exoskeleton, and multiple legs.{{file ref|Chasmfiend.jpeg|text=Shallan's sketch: Chasmfiend}} They have no tongue, and a complex set of jaws;{{book ref|sa1|15}} though it's unclear if they're all carnivorous, it is unlikely. Their blood is violet, and has a musty, moldy smell.{{book ref|sa1|26}}
Greatshells do not seem to have a singular biome they thrive in; they can be found as far east as the [[Shattered Plains]], as far west as [[Aimia]], and as far north as the [[Reshi Isles]].{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}{{book ref|sa1|36}} Their sheer size makes domesticating most species unfeasible, although there are stories of greatshell riders in places like [[Kadrix]].{{book ref|sa1|36}} If the [[chull]]s are considered greatshells -- which is unclear -- it would make them the only case of widely-spread domestication of greatshells.
▲== Appearance Anatomy ==
=== Spren bonds ===
The greatshells maintain their enormous size by bonding with [[mandra]]s, a type of [[spren]].{{wob ref|1227}} Mandras decrease their weight, allowing them to exist and move their bulk in defiance of square-cube law.{{book ref|sa3|99}} Perhaps to facilitate this bond, greatshells possess [[gemheart]]s, massive gemstones, within their bodies.{{book ref|sa3|i|13}} For this reason, they're often hunted; some species, like the [[lanceryn]] and [[chasmfiend]]s, have been hunted down to extinction or near-extinction over their gemhearts.{{book ref|sa1|36}}
*[[chasmfiend]]
*[[lanceryn]]
▲== Known Greatshell Species ==
*[[Tai-na]]
*[[
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