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A note on exceptionally high confamilial naticid drilling frequency on Natica gualteriana from the Indian subcontinent
A. Das, , S. Bardhan
Published in Taylor and Francis Ltd.
2014
Volume: 26
   
Issue: 6
Pages: 758 - 764
Abstract
Although common, confamilial naticid predation intensity was not very high in the geological record. Here, we gathered modern confamilial predation data from the Indian coasts and showed that confamilial naticid predation on a naticid species, Natica gualteriana, is exceptionally high at Chandipur, one of our studied areas. We studied the different aspects of confamilial predation from the Indian coasts and showed that the predators in Chandipur were highly efficient as evident from high drilling frequency (DF), site stereotypy and low prey effectiveness. Unusually high DF on N. gualteriana may be attributed to its new arrival in Chandipur where it faced competitive elimination through predation by sympatric naticid predators. Reports of failed invasion are rare. Natica gualteriana is a small invader and therefore its invasion success is threatened by resident populations of large species that extensively drill on young individuals of N. gualteriana just to break the bottleneck of their own offspring from competition. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
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JournalData powered by TypesetHistorical Biology
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ISSN08912963