Macrocallista maculata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Macrocallista |
Species: | M. maculata |
Binomial name | |
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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]
The calico clam has been protected from harvesting in Bermuda since the 1970s (see Fisheries Protected Species Order 1978). [2]