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Ecology of Cerithidea obtusa
 
Main Ref. Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks Common on mud tidal banks. Animals often concentrate in the wettest spots, when the mud bottom is partly dry at low tide. Occurs at the low tide mark.

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 Cerithidea obtusa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats vegetation ( stems/trunk, roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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