Ecology
Damage to shells was used to assess the trophic importance of this species, and it was found to be a major source of food for crabs and predatory gastropods. On the basis of these studies, it was predicted that restoration of water flow in the Colorado river would result in an increase in this species, which would result in an increase of species that depend on it for food, including commercially valuable crabs.
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