Known predators

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Known predators

Bivalvia (Pelicypod sp.) is prey of:
Tetraodontidae
Laridae
Aves
Rajiformes
Homo sapiens
demersal species
Echinodermata
Pleuronectiformes
Asteroidea
Decapoda
Gomphus
Aythya affinis
Actinopterygii
Erynnis japonica
Chaeturichthys hexanema
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma laterale
Ambystoma tremblayi
Ambystoma tigrinum
Notophthalmus viridescens
Thais triangularis
Muricanthus
Acanthina
Thais biserialis
Opeatostoma
Leucozonia
Thais melones
Heliaster
Concholepas concholepas
Acanthocyclus
Sicyases sanguineus
Heliaster helianthus
Larus dominicanus
Nematoda
Gambusia
Heterandria formosa
Floridichthys carpio
Lophogobius cyprinoides
high carnivores
Copepoda
Callinectes sapidus
Chondrichthyes
Scombridae
Carangidae
phytoplankton
organic stuff
Cheloniidae
Octopus
Cephalopoda
Stomatopoda
Anomura
Echinoidea
Gastropoda
Priapula
Polychaeta
Ophiuroidea
Cancer
Brachyura
Pollachius pollachius
Merluccius bilinearis
Urophycis regia
Urophycis tenuis
Urophycis chuss
Gadidae
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hemitripterus americanus
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Leucoraja erinacea
Leucoraja ocellata
Amblyraja radiata
Macrozoarces americanus
Brosme brosme
Anarhichas
Triglidae
Sebastes marinus
Pleuronectes ferrugineus
Paralichthys dentatus
Pleuronectes americanus
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Mustelus canis
Squalus acanthias
Lophius americanus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Nemertines
Nereidae
Hesionidae
Glyceridae
Onuphidae
Odostomia seminuda
Acanthocitona pygmaea
Hylina veliei
Spirals
Nudibranchia
Polinices
Terebra
Seila adamsi
Epitonium albidum
Opalia hotessieriana
Natica pusilla
Urosalpinx perrugata
Busycon spiratum
Marginella aureocincta
Marginella apicina
Marginella bella
Turbonilla dalli
Turbonilla hemphilli
Gobiosoma robustum
Microgobius gulosus
Anas discors
Bucephala albeaola
Rallus longirostris
Charadrius semipalmatus
sediment POC
Processa bermudiensis
Penaeus duoarum
Palaemonetes floridanus

Based on studies in:
USA: New York, Long Island (Marine)
USA: California (Estuarine, Intertidal, Littoral)
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
USA: Florida, Everglades (Estuarine)
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands shelf (Reef)
USA, Northeastern US contintental shelf (Coastal)
USA: Rhode Island (Coastal)
USA: Alaska, Aleutian Islands (Coastal)
Pacific: Bay of Panama (Littoral, Rocky shore)
Chile, central Chile (Littoral, Rocky shore)
USA: Iowa, Mississippi River (River)
Japan (Coastal, mesopelagic zone)
USA: Michigan (Lake or pond)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

G. M. Woodwell, Toxic substances and ecological cycles, Sci. Am. 216(3):24-31, from pp. 26-27 (March 1967).
G. E. MacGinitie, Ecological aspects of a California marine estuary, Am. Midland Nat. 16(5):629-765, from p. 652 (1935).
J. N. Kremer and S. W. Nixon, A Coastal Marine Ecosystem: Simulation and Analysis, Vol. 24 of Ecol. Studies (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1978), from p. 12.
C. A. Simenstad, J. A. Estes, K. W. Kenyon, Aleuts, sea otters, and alternate stable-state communities, Science 200:403-411, from p. 404 (1978).
C. A. Carlson, Summer bottom fauna of the Mississippi River, above Dam 19, Keokuk, Iowa, Ecology 49(1):162-168, from p. 167 (1968).
H. M. Wilbur, Competition, predation, and the structure of the Ambystoma-Rana sylvatica community, Ecology 53:3-21, from p. 14 (1972).
B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, S. D. Gaines and L. R. Ashkenas, A test of the Menge-Sutherland model of community organization in a tropical rocky intertidal food web, Oecologia (Berlin) 71:75-89, from p. 85 (1986).
J. C. Castilla, Perspectivas de investigacion en estructura y dinamica de communidades intermareales rocosas de Chile Central. II. Depredadores de alto nivel trofico, Medio Ambiente 5(1-2):190-215, from p. 203 (1981).
W. E. Odum and E. J. Heald, The detritus-based food web of an estuarine mangrove community, In Estuarine Research, Vol. 1, Chemistry, Biology and the Estuarine System, Academic Press, New York, pp. 265-286, from p. 281 (1975).
M. A. Hatanaka, Sendai Bay. In: Productivity of Biocenoses in Coastal Regions of Japan, K. Hogetsu, M. Horanaka, T. Hatanaka, T. Kawamura, Eds. (Japanese Committee for the International Biological Program Synthesis, Tokyo, 1977), 14:173-221, from p. 190.
Link J (2002) Does food web theory work for marine ecosystems? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 230:19
Opitz S (1996) Trophic interactions in Caribbean coral reefs. ICLARM Tech Rep 43, Manila, Philippines
Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124