Megapitaria squalida : fisheries
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Megapitaria squalida   (Sowerby, 1835)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 160 m (Ref. 121247).  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: from Scammon's Lagoon, Mexico to Mancora, Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - 4.032 cm Max length : 10.1 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128760); max. published weight: 258.00 g (Ref. 128760)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This is a sediment burrowing filter feeder that inhabits sandy sediments (Ref. 121247).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Schweers, T., M. Wolff, V. Koch and F.S. Duarte 2006 Population dynamics of Megapitaria squalida (Bivalvia: Veneridae) at Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54(3):1003-1017. (Ref. 121247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>0.3; tm<2)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (23 of 100).