Megapitaria squalida : fisheries

Megapitaria squalida   (Sowerby, 1835)

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 160 m (Ref. 121247).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?, range 4 - 4.032 cm Max length : 10.1 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 128760); publicerad maxvikt: 258.00 g (Ref. 128760)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Trophic Ecology
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Födosammansättning
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Ekologi
Population dynamics
Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
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Larvae
Distribution
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FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Physiology
Syreförbrukning
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Taxonomy
referenser

Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K>0.3; tm<2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).