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Megapitaria squalida   (Sowerby, 1835)

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Panama country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Panama Bay (Ref. 121248). C: Ref. 121248.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Adams, C.B., 1852
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Venerida () > Veneridae (venus clams)

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: 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)

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)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | 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).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).