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Chocolate Clam

Megapitaria squalida

Classification

Family
Veneridae

Megapitaria squalida, the chocolate clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It was first described to science by George Brettingham Sowerby, a British conchologist, in 1835. The type specimen was collected by Hugh Cuming.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 96