Ecology Summary - Charonia lampas

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Ecology of Charonia lampas

Main Ref.	Brook, F.J., 1998
Remarks	Known from low tide to 10 m, in rock (Ref. 337). Dead shells found about low-water mark and washed up on rocks (Ref. 88739). Epibionts include bivalves and gastropods (Ref. 110375).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Charonia lampas may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Brook, F.J., 1998
Special habitats	Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref.	Oliver, W.R.B., 1914

Associations

Ref.	Pons-Moyà, J. and G.X. Pons, 1997
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Epibionts include bivalves Arca tetragona, Barbatia (Acar) clathrata, Pododesmus ornatus, Neopycnodonte cochlear, Gouldia minima, Chama circinata and gastropods Acmea virginea and Vermetus triqueter (Ref. 110375).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	4.33	0.17			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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