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. Fossil evidence suggests that this species may be as old as 3.6 million years.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chocolate Clam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Callista chione
- Megapitaria aurantiaca
- Meretrix petechialis
- Notocallista disrupta
- Notocallista kingii
- Bassina pachyphylla
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Veneridae
- Genus
- Megapitaria
- Species
- Megapitaria squalida
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