Ecology Summary - Ranella olearium

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Ecology of Ranella olearium

Main Ref.	IUCN, 2006
Remarks	Outer shelf-upper bathyal species (Ref. 106069). Found on hard bottom (Ref. 106069) and exposed sandy beach (Ref. 84279). Ranellinae are generalist predators, feeding on echinoderms, ascidians and polychaetes (Ref. 87385)

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 Ranella olearium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Gaillard, J.M., 1987
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Katsanevakis, S., E. Lefkaditou, S. Galinou-Mitsoudi, D. Koutsoubas and A. Zenetos, 2008
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Katsanevakis, S., E. Lefkaditou, S. Galinou-Mitsoudi, D. Koutsoubas and A. Zenetos, 2008

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
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