Ecology of Terebratulina retusa
 
Main Ref. Jagerskiold, L.A., 1971
Remarks Attached to rocks and found on gravel clasts; eurybathic; circalittoral to upper bathyal (Ref. 1885).

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 Terebratulina retusa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref. Logan, A., C.N. Bianchi, C. Morri and H. Zibrowius, 2004
Special habitats Beds: rock; Other habitats: other invertebrates (Predominantly attached to the Horse-mussel Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus) (Ref. 2205));
Special habitats Ref. Logan, A., C.N. Bianchi, C. Morri and H. Zibrowius, 2004

Associations

Ref. Jagerskiold, L.A., 1971
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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