Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Megapitaria aurantiaca   (Sowerby, 1831)

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

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

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

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 7 - 7.72 cm Max length : 11.8 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128760); max. published weight: 699.00 g (Ref. 128760)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

López-Rocha, J.A., F.J.F.R. Melo, E. Gastélum-Nava, E. Larios-Castro and A. Romo-Piñera 2018 Morphometric relationship, growth parameters, and natural mortality as estimated primary inputs for fishery management in newfishing areas for bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia: Veneridae). Journal of Shellfish Research 37(3):591-600. (Ref. 128760)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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=0.42)
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)	Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).

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