Ecology Summary - Cerastoderma edule
Ecologia de Cerastoderma edule
 
Ref. principal Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
Notas Found in shallow coastal and estuary areas (Ref. 95774); in the subtidal zone (Ref. 96507). Inhabits the seagrass meadows Zostera noltii and Cymodocea nodosa in sand flats (Ref. 106872). Also found on intertidal muddy sand flat. Infaunal (Ref. 106873). A deposit (Ref. 96459), and suspension feeder (Refs. 96498, 106872, 106873) that is a sessile-burrower (Ref. 96498). Feeds on microphytobenthos and particulate organic matter (Ref. 106873).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • zona supra-litoral
  • zona litorânea
  • zona sublitoral
  • epipelágico
  • mesopelágico
  • epipelágico
  • abissalpelágico
  • hadopelágico
  • Estuários/lagunas/áreas estuarinas
  • manguezais
  • pântanos/brejos
  • rios/córregos
  • lagos/lagoas
  • Cavernas
  • exclusivamente
Highighted items on the list are where Cerastoderma edule may be found.

Habitat

Substrato Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( level, ); mud;
Substrato Ref. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1998
Habitats especiais Beds: sea grass; Other habitats: burrows;
Habitats especiais Ref. Le Pape, O., L. Baulier, A. Cloarec, J. Martin, F. Le Loc'h and Y. Désaunay, 2007

Associações

Ref. Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
Associações
Associada com
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Parasitismo

Alimentação

Tipo de alimentação mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Tipo de alimentação Ref. Gaudêncio, M.J. and H.N. Cabral, 2007
Hábito alimentar filtering plankton
Hábito de alimentação Ref. Gaudêncio, M.J. and H.N. Cabral, 2007

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method Amostra original População virgem (não pescada) Nota
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
Da composição da dieta
Dos itens alimentares individuais 2.00 0.00 Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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