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Mulinia lateralis (dwarf surfclam)

Synonyms: Mactra lateralis; Mactra rostrata (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Mulinia lateralis, the dwarf surf clam or coot clam, is a species of small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
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Infraspecies

Mulinia lateralis lateralis

Predators

Aythya americana (Redhead)[1]
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)[2]
Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crab)[3]
Luidia clathrata (lined sea star)[4]
Stenotomus chrysops (Scup)[5]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1FOOD HABITS OF REDHEADS (AYTHYA AMERICANA) WINTERING IN SEAGRASS BEDS OF COASTAL LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, USA, MICHOT, T. C., WOODIN, M. C. and NAULT, A. J., Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (Suppl. 1), pp. 239–250, 2008
♦ 2HISTORICAL DIET ANALYSIS OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) AND KEMP’S RIDLEY (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI) SEA TURTLES IN VIRGINIA, Erin E. Seney, A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the School of Marine Science The College of William and Mary in Virginia (2003)
♦ 3Diet and food preferences of the adult horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA, M. L. Botton, Marine Biology 81, 199-207 (1984)
♦ 4K. S. Loh, Peter A. Todd, DIET AND FEEDING IN THE SEA STAR ASTROPECTEN INDICUS (DÖDERLEIN, 1888) THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2011 59(2): 251–258
♦ 5 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0