Ecology Summary - Macrocallista nimbosa

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Ecology of Macrocallista nimbosa

Main Ref.	Leal, J.H., 2003
Remarks	Lives in sandy bottoms (Ref. 344). Suspension/ filter feeder (Ref. 104247). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088).

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 Macrocallista nimbosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., W.G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg and F. Moretzsohn, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Leal, J.H., 2003
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	cestodes Parachristianella dimegacantha; Tylocephalum sp.; Rhodobothrium sp.; Echeneibothrium sp. (Ref. 104476).
Association remarks
Parasitism	inside host

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Petuch, E.J. and R.F. Myers, 2014
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Petuch, E.J. and R.F. Myers, 2014

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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