Ecology of Lambis lambis
| Main Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
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| Remarks | Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349), intertidal and found on subtidal reef and seagrass (Ref. 98588). It is also found on sand, weeds near corals (Ref. 799), muddy areas (Ref. 97553), reef-flats, coral rubble bottoms or mangrove areas (Ref. 128042). Shallowly burrows in sand or gravel. Grazes on animal matter in the mud. Also predominantly feeds on sand grains, polychaetes, bivalves and small crustaceans (Ref. 97553). |
Aquatic zones / Water bodies
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Habitat
| Substrate | Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986 |
| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: reef flats; Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, ); Other habitats: burrows; other invertebrates (Usually associated with fine red algae on which it feeds.); |
| Special habitats Ref. | Barnes, D.K.A., A. Corrie, M. Whittington, M.A. Carvalho and F. Gell, 1998 |
Associations
| Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
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| Associations | colony-forming/symphorism; |
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feeding
| Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Siraimeetan, P., K.M.S. Ameer Hamsa and K. Satyanarayana Rao, 1988 |
| Feeding habit | browsing on substrate |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Siraimeetan, P., K.M.S. Ameer Hamsa and K. Satyanarayana Rao, 1988 |
Trophic Level(s)
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 2.91 | 0.25 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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