Piscivorous behavior of a temperate cone snail, Conus californicus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Stewart, Julia ^a   Gilly, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORY; PREY SELECTION; SNAIL;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

CEBIDICHTHYS VIOLACEUS; CONUS CALIFORNICUS; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; XIPHISTER;

EID: 27844589454     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593132     Document Type: Article

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