Ecology Summary - Collisella scabra

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Ecology of Collisella scabra

Main Ref.	Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999
Remarks	Behavior: Individuals occupy a very specific home site where the edge of the shell closely matches the contour of the rock. It returns to its home site after grazing (Ref. 312).

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 Collisella scabra may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: macrobenthos; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Robertsons, A.I., 1979
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.

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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