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Profile updated on 5 November 2019

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Megapitaria squalida

SPECIES NAME(s)

Squalid callista

COMMON NAMES

almeja chocolata café, almeja chocolata negra

Squalid callista is one of the most economically important mollusks in the Gulf of California. Its distribution has been reported from Laguna Guerrero Negro or Estero San Jose in Baja California, Mexico to Macora, Peru. It is found in banks with other clam species, such as golden callista and Ponderous dosinia. No information regarding the stock structure in the Gulf of California has been found (DOF 2018)


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • Clams are one of the main traditional artisanal fisheries in the Gulf of California and Mexican Pacific.

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