Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
(Manila Clam, Pacific Clam)

Ruditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRuditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam)
FamilyVENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
SuperfamilyVENEROIDEA (Venus clams & carpet shells)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ruditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam)

Ruditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hasegawa, H. & Sato, S. 2009 Predatory behaviour of the naticid Euspira fortunei: why does it drill the left shell valve of Ruditapes philippinarum? J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 75: 147-151.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ruditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of Ruditapes philippinarum (Manila Clam, Pacific Clam)
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