Ecology Summary - Cerithidea obtusa

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Ecology of Cerithidea obtusa

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Common on mud tidal banks. Animals often concentrate in the wettest spots, when the mud bottom is partly dry at low tide. Occurs at the low tide mark.

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 Cerithidea obtusa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	vegetation ( stems/trunk, roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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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.