Ecology Summary - Pachycymbiola brasiliana

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Ecology of Pachycymbiola brasiliana

Main Ref.	Rosenberg, G., 2009
Remarks	Found inshore at depths of 10 to 36 m (Ref. 106750). Also found in estuarine area (Ref. 105985). Members of the family Volutidae are mainly predators on bivalves and gastropods (Ref. 106093).

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 Pachycymbiola brasiliana 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 animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Bigatti, G., C.J. Sanchez Antelo, P. Miloslavich and P.E. Penchaszadeh, 2009
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Bigatti, G., C.J. Sanchez Antelo, P. Miloslavich and P.E. Penchaszadeh, 2009

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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