date:Apr 04, 2014
l of distributors bringing both clam species to the U.S.
Chocolate clams (Megapitaria squalida) are harvested in and around in Mexico in all coastal lagoons from Magdalena Bay south along the Pacific side of Baja, throughout the Sea of Cortez, and along the coast of the mainland to Guatemala where they colonize in sandy bottoms in very large, dense populations.
Harvested along mangroves, Baja's blood clams (Anadara tuberculosa) are closely related to East Coast blood clams; however, their cons