Drilling predation intensity and feeding preferences by Nucella (Muricidae) on limpets inferred from a dead-shell assemblage

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Yanes, Yurena ^a   Tyler, Carrie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; GASTROPOD; MORTALITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; ROCKY SHORE; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; FALSE BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

LOTTIA PELTA; LOTTIIDAE; MURICIDAE; NUCELLA; PATELLIDAE; TECTURA SCUTUM;

EID: 67650706635     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-074r     Document Type: Article

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