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Ecology Summary - Pinna muricata
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Ecology of Pinna muricata
 
Main Ref. Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks In various soft bottoms (silty mud, sand, sandy gravel), among rocks, in eel-grass flats or in sandy patches or coral reefs, from low tide levels to a depth of about 40 m (Ref. 348). Usually found subtidally in the soft sediments of seagrass beds where it is partially buried vertically (Ref. 102838).

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 Pinna muricata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: endofauna (infauna); macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref. Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004
Special habitats Beds: rock; sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref. Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004

Associations

Ref. Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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