Spatial Variation of Naticid Gastropod Predation in the Eocene of North-America
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Naticid snail predation on early post-settlement surfclams (Spisula solidissima) on the inner continental shelf of New Jersey, USA
Naticid gastropod predators leave characteristic boreholes in the shells of their bivalve prey that allow the evaluation of spatial diVerences in occurrence and intensity of predation. This approach, extensively used in paleobiological research, was used to compare spatial variation in predation by moonsnails (Euspira heros Say) on initial recruits of the Atlantic surfclam (Spisula solidissima ...
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