Macrocallista maculata, or the calico clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Macrocallista |
| Species: | M. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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Right valve -
Left valve
The calico clam has been protected from harvesting in Bermuda since the 1970s (see Fisheries Protected Species Order 1978).[2]
References
edit- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69-70.
- ^ http://www.conservation.bm/protected-species-photo-galler/single-gallery/7105559. Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
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