Ecology Summary - Pirenella conica

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Ecology of Pirenella conica

Main Ref.	Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010
Remarks	Intertidal lagoon, on mudflats. Favors soft mud and may sometimes climb mangrove pneumatophores or shelter under loose flaps of the black mats of cyanobacteria in the uppermost intertidal zone (Ref. 101158). Detritus feeder (Ref. 115396). Scraper herbivore (Ref. 115397).

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 Pirenella conica may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Feulner, G.R. and R.J. Hornby, 2006
Special habitats	vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Feulner, G.R. and R.J. Hornby, 2006

Associations

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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	other
Feeding habit Ref.	Koutsoubas, D., C. Arvanitidis, C. Dounas and L. Drummond, 2000

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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