Can naticid gastropod predators be identified by the holes they drill?

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 103-108

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a   Kelley, Patricia H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling predation; Euspira; Gastropoda; Mya; Naticids; Neverita; Oichnus; Predator identity

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE;

EUSPIRA; EUSPIRA HEROS; GASTROPODA; MYA ARENARIA; NATICIDAE; NEVERITA; NEVERITA DUPLICATA;

EID: 33748193037     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940600848889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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