Megapitaria squalida
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 2.5 million years.
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bivalve
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mollusc
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family
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Veneridae
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George Brettingham Sowerby
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conchologist
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type specimen
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Hugh Cuming
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Megapitaria squalida
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