Megapitaria maculata, Calico clam : fisheries
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Megapitaria maculata   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calico clam
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Megapitaria maculata

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 100 m (संदर्भ 3446).  Tropical; 35°N - 28°S, 91°W - 32°W (संदर्भ 3446)

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Atlantic: Caribbean to Brazil.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.7 cm DL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 83435); common length : 7.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 344)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Shell ovate, much less elongate than Macrocallista nimbosa. Surface highly glossy. Sculpture of very fine growth lines under glossy layer. Umbones small. Lunule small. Colour: tan with irregular brown marks, sometimes arranged in radial bands. Internally white.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Lives in coarse sand, often near seagrass beds, in shallow subtidal depths (Ref. 344).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (संदर्भ 344)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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साधन

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अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
देश
ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र
Ecosystems
संयोग
भूमिका
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
सहयोगीयो
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.5 - 28, mean 27.1 (based on 252 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.44).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Medium.

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