Ecology Summary - Melanella cumingii

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Ecology of Melanella cumingii

Main Ref.	Smith, B.D., 2003
Remarks	Found on rocks in tide pools (Ref. 107707). Parasitic at Easter Island on the holothurian Actinopyga difficilis (Ref. 87884). In general, members of the family Eulimidae are carnivores (Ref. 67623).

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 Melanella cumingii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, 2016
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Boyko, C.B., 2003
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	It is parasitic on sea cucumbers (Ref. 90219).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Valentine, J.W., K. Roy and D. Jablonski, 2002
Feeding habit
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.