Feeding behavior of adelomelon ancilla (lighfoot, 1786): A predatory neogastropod (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in patagonian denthic communities

Nautilus

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Bigatti, Gregorio ^a   Antelo, Carlos J M Sanchez ^b   Miloslavich, Patricia ^c   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Feeding mechanism; Neogastropoda; Patagonian benthos; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ADELOMELON; ANCILLA; ANEMONE; ANTHOLOBA ACHATES; BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; NEOGASTROPODA; VOLUTIDAE;

EID: 72149092412     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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