Megapitaria squalida information

Megapitaria squalida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Megapitaria
Species:	M. squalida
Binomial name
	Megapitaria squalida; (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
Synonyms
	Callista squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835); Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839; Cytherea chionaea Menke, 1847; Cytherea squalida G. B. Sowerby I, 1835; Macrocallista orcutti Dall, 1918; Venus (Cytherea) guttata Romer, 1866;

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.^[1]^[2]

Fossil evidence suggests that this species may be as old as 2.5 million years.^[3]

^ Sowerby, G. B. (1835). "February 24, 1835". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 23.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714777 on 2020-05-01
^ Olsson, A. A. (1942). "Tertiary and Quaternary Fossils from the Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 27 (106).

[1] Sowerby, G. B. (1835). "February 24, 1835". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 23.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714777 on 2020-05-01

[3] Olsson, A. A. (1942). "Tertiary and Quaternary Fossils from the Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 27 (106).