Ecology Summary - Rapana rapiformis

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Ecology of Rapana rapiformis

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Found offshore (Ref. 799). Voracious carnivore (Ref. 108591).

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 Rapana rapiformis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Venkatesan, V., A. Babu and P. Rameshkumar, 2016
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Venkatesan, V., A. Babu and P. Rameshkumar, 2016

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.