Ecology Summary - Tivela stultorum

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Ecology of Tivela stultorum

Main Ref.	Weymouth, F.W., 1922
Remarks	Filter-feeder, feeds on phyto- and zooplankton, bacteria and detritus. Its predators may include crabs, snails, gulls, sea otters, sharks, rays and some fishes (Ref. 101635).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Tivela stultorum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Weymouth, F.W., 1922
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Shaw, W.N. and T.J. Hassler, 1989
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Hydroids of Clytia bakeri occasionally live on the tip of the clam's exposed shell.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Shaw, W.N. and T.J. Hassler, 1989
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Shaw, W.N. and T.J. Hassler, 1989

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.36	0.20			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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