Drilling and chipping patterns of bivalve prey predation by Hexaplex trunculus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 933-940

  Morton, Brian ^a   Peharda, M ^b   Harper, E M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; PENETRATION; PREDATION; SHELL;

BIVALVIA; CAENOGASTROPODA; CALLISTA CHIONE; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MODIOLUS BARBATUS; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; VENUS VERRUCOSA;

EID: 34547534023     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407056184     Document Type: Article

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