| However, the shape of the long, slender, toothless snout suggests the animal wasn't a filter feeder either. |
| Issue: The oyster is a filter feeder that is essential to the health of the waters where oysters are found. |
| The Round Pigtoe is a filter feeder, consuming bacteria, algae, organic detritus and protozoans. |
| The Gem Shell is also a filter feeder and only 4 mm in size, but it occurs in very dense populations. |
| This involves transferring the discharge water to a shallow pond after passing through an initial settling pond and filter feeder section. |
| The study organism, Donax serra Röding, is a fairly typical intertidal filter feeder that dominates the macrofaunal communities on many southern African sandy beaches. |
