Main Ref. | Pechenik, J.A., 2005 |
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Remarks | May reach a length of 155 cm and a diameter of 6 cm. Found intertidal in mangrove mud (Ref. 53). Giant bivalve that burrows in black, organic-rich sediments in a marine bay, setting it apart from wood-boring shipworms. Descended from wood-feeding ancestors. Feeds by harboring sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic (thioautotrophic) bacteria in contrast with other shipworms which use cellulolytic symbionts to obtain nutrition from decaying wood (Ref. 114919). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: mud; |
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Special habitats | Other habitats: burrows; |
Special habitats Ref. | Distel, D.L., M.A. Altamia, Z. Lin, J.R. Shipway, A. Han, I. Forteza, R. Antemano, M.G.J. Penaflor Limbaco, A.G. Tebo, R. Dechavez, J. Albano, G. Rosenberg, G.P. Concepcion, E.W. Schmidt and M.G. Haygood, 2017 |
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Feeding habit | other |
Feeding habit Ref. | Distel, D.L., M.A. Altamia, Z. Lin, J.R. Shipway, A. Han, I. Forteza, R. Antemano, M.G.J. Penaflor Limbaco, A.G. Tebo, R. Dechavez, J. Albano, G. Rosenberg, G.P. Concepcion, E.W. Schmidt and M.G. Haygood, 2017 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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