Stereotypy of predatory boring behavior of Pleistocene naticid gastropods
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Paleobiology
- Vol. 1 (3), 258-260
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300002517
Abstract
Quantitative systems for describing naticid borehole position in bivalve and gastropod prey are presented. Pleistocene nassariid prey were bored at 53% of the distance up the shell and 8° to the right of the columella. A similar stereotyped position was found for Recent prey. The longitudinal shell axis and the aperture of the gastropod shell are proposed as primary cues in orienting prey for boring.Keywords
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