Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Megapitaria squalida   (Sowerby, 1835)

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 Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, 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)

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. (Ref. 121247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Tools

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).