Megapitaria maculata Calico Clam

Megapitaria maculata is commonly referred to as Calico Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16251 

AphiaID:

863029 

Scientific:

Megapitaria maculata 

German:

Calico Muschel, Venusmuschel 

English:

Calico Clam 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Veneridae (Family) > Megapitaria (Genus) > maculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 241 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

7,0 cm 

Weight:

34 g 

Temperature:

23,4 °F - 27,2 °F (23,4°C - 27,2°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Megapitaria aurantiaca
• 
  Megapitaria maculata
  Calico Muschel, Venusmuschel
• Megapitaria squalida

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-02-14 14:11:41 

Last edit:

2024-02-14 14:20:47 

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