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Morphometrics Of The Burrowing Clam Diplothyra Smithii Tryon, Alfred P. Chestnut
Morphometrics Of The Burrowing Clam Diplothyra Smithii Tryon, Alfred P. Chestnut
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Diplothyra smithii Tryon, a small bivalve mollusk, is a common inhabitant of the calcareous shell material of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. Large populations of this clam are found on commercial oyster reefs in the western portion of Mississippi Sound. Several aspects of the population of D. smithii in Mississippi Sound were examined.
On the Pass Marianne Reef, 71% of the live oysters and 44% of the dead shells were infested with D. smithii. The mean number of clams removed from valves of live oysters was 22.1 ± 1.7 (range, 1-109; N = 146). Infested dead shells had …