Ecology Summary - Cyclostrema ocrinium

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Ecology of Cyclostrema ocrinium

Main Ref.	Ghasemi, S., M. Zakaria and N.M. Hoveizeh, 2011
Remarks	Found offshore in mud and sand (Ref. 130068). Members of the family Turbinidae are herbivorous, consuming small epibenthic algae and vegetable detritus (Ref. 349).

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 Cyclostrema ocrinium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Bosch, D.T., S.P. Dance, R.G. Moolenbeek and P.G. Oliver, 1995
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.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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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