Ecology Summary - Conus textile

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Ecology of Conus textile

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Found under stones and coral slabs. Mainly feeding on small coral fishes (Ref. 349). Shelters at daytime and comes out to hunt at night, immobilizing its prey with its harpoon-like tooth. A venomous species (Ref. 85382), releasing a poisonous dart from the anterior end when handled (Ref. 801).

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 Conus textile may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Chou, L.M. and K.S. Tan, 2008

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998

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	4.50	0.80			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.