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Stereotypy of predatory boring behavior of Pleistocene naticid gastropods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Carl J. Berg Jr.  and
Stuart Nishenko
Carl J. Berg Jr.
Affiliation:
Dept. Biology, City College of New York and Dept. of Animal Behavior, Am. Mus. of Nat. Hist.; New York, New York 10031
Stuart Nishenko
Affiliation:
Dept. Earth and Planetary Sci., City College of New York; New York, New York 10031
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Paleobiology , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , Summer 1975 , pp. 258 - 260
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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