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Laternula elliptica

Synonyms: Anatina elliptica; Anatina prismatica

Wikipedia Abstract

Laternula elliptica is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Laternulidae, the lantern shells. It is the largest bivalve found under the surface of the seabed in the Southern Ocean.
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Predators

Notothenia neglecta (Yellowbelly rockcod)[1]
Odontaster validus (Sea star)[1]
Trematomus newnesi (Dusky notothen)[1]
Trematomus pennellii (Sharp-spined notothen)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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