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.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.
<div align=center> Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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<div align=center> Fossil, juvenile
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The calico clam has been protected from harvesting in Bermuda since the 1970s (see Fisheries Protected Species Order 1978).http://www.conservation.bm/protected-species-photo-galler/single-gallery/7105559.
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