Ecology Summary - Cerithidium cerithinum

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Ecology of Cerithidium cerithinum

Main Ref.	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, N. Boltachova, N. Revkov, M. Makarov, V. Grinstov and E. Kolesnikova, 2012
Remarks	Intertidal (Ref. 105057), in tide pools and offshore (Ref. 130068). Members of the family Cerithiidae are herbivore-deposit feeders (Ref. 1385).

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 Cerithidium cerithinum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Morton, B. and J. Morton, 1983
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Morton, B. and J. Morton, 1983

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
Ref.

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