| Main Ref. | Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998 | 
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| Remarks | Filter feeder that strains microscopic organisms such as diatoms from the water (Ref. 866). Suspension feeder (Ref. 109264). Most abundant in the upper 100 m of the open ocean, but also common to the inner neritic zone (Ref. 83534). Dead shells washed up on the beaches (Ref. 88739). | 
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Substrate | Pelagic; | 
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| Substrate Ref. | Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009 | 
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| Special habitats Ref. | 
| संदर्भ | Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998 | 
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| Feeding type | |
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| Feeding type Ref. | |
| Feeding habit | filtering plankton | 
| Feeding habit Ref. | Gosliner, T., 1987 | 
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | टिप्पणी | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 2.00 | 0.00 | Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items. | ||
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