Inferring octopodoid and gastropod behavior from their Plio-Pleistocene cowrie prey (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

Klompmaker, Adiël A.; Kittle, B. Alex

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“…4b1, b2). Oval holes ( = O. ovalis Bromley 1993; see Archuby & Gordillo 2018; Klompmaker & Kittle 2021) are not observed. One incomplete drillhole is documented herein (Fig.…”

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“…Hagadorn & Boyajian (1997) reported that the incidences of multiply drilled turritelline shells are 0.129 and 0.097 for Miocene and Pliocene faunas from the United States Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains. In general, MULT is associated with a high incidence of incomplete drillholes (see Klompmaker & Kittle 2021). In our study, there is only one specimen with one incomplete drillhole (Fig.…”

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“…Drilling predation represents the most abundant evidence of predation in the marine fossil record (Klompmaker et al 2019) because drillholes preserved well in prey shells and drillholes are common for at least the late part of the Phanerozoic. Hence, the evolutionary history of drilling predation is well documented based on the long and rich marine fossil record (Hoffman et al 1974;Dudley & Vermeij 1978;Vermeij et al 1980;Kitchell et al 1981;Allmon et al 1990;Kowalewski 1990;Tull & Böhning-Gaese 1993;Hagadorn & Boyajian 1997;Oji et al 2003;Kelley & Hansen 2003;Klompmaker 2009;White 2009;Gordillo & Archuby 2012;Mallick et al 2013;Martinelli et al 2013;Paul et al 2013;Johnson et al 2017;Mondal et al 2017;Archuby & Gordillo 2018;Klompmaker et al 2019;Chattopadhyay et al 2020;Klompmaker & Kittle 2021) to the point that large, global analyses of different aspects of predation have become possible. For example, Huntley & Kowalewski (2007) found a positive correlation between predation intensity and marine diversity and Klompmaker et al (2017) found that predators, as inferred from drillhole size, became larger relative to their prey throughout the Phanerozoic.…”

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“…2019; Chattopadhyay et al . 2020; Klompmaker & Kittle 2021) to the point that large, global analyses of different aspects of predation have become possible. For example, Huntley & Kowalewski (2007) found a positive correlation between predation intensity and marine diversity and Klompmaker et al .…”

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Predator–prey interactions based on drillholes: A case study of turritelline gastropods from the Pleistocene Szekou Formation of Taiwan

SENAN,

HSU,

LEE

et al. 2023

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Drillholes on shells provide a useful way to investigate prey and predator relationships. The current study documents predator–prey interactions exemplified by a faunal assemblage of the fossil gastropod Turritella cingulifera from the Pleistocene Szekou Formation in Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan. All recognisable skeletal and shell fragments that are larger than 3 mm in size were collected and recorded. Processed bulk sediments (5.24 kg) contained 1462 molluscan shells, including 824 specimens of T. cingulifera, and 27 non-molluscan invertebrates. In the current study, approximately 41.6% (609/1462) of molluscs are drilled with at least one hole. Drilling intensities (DIs) regardless of shell completeness in all gastropods, bivalves and the turritelline gastropod T. cingulifera are 0.546, 0.060 and 0.413, respectively. DI on turritellids is significantly lower than that on other gastropods (χ2= 21.039, P < 0.001). Furthermore, the percentage of drillholes that occur in multiply drilled specimens is 34.7% (95/275) for turritelline gastropods based on complete to nearly complete specimens (n = 588). Our study shows no significant preference of drillhole position either on the suture or on the whorl (χ2= 0.055, P = 0.814). Most drillholes are located in whorls two to four proximal to the aperture. Drillhole diameters of the shells with one drillhole and ones with multiple drillholes are 1.0 and 0.5 mm on average, and the results of Mann–Whitney tests indicate that they are significantly different (P < 0.001). The first turritelline gastropod shell with an incomplete drillhole from Taiwan is documented here. The dominant drilling predators were naticids based on the drillhole morphology and the presence of naticids in the same assemblage. No apparent prey size selectivity is observed, so a ‘size refugium’ does not exist for the turritellids in the current study.

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“…4b1, b2). Oval holes ( = O. ovalis Bromley 1993; see Archuby & Gordillo 2018; Klompmaker & Kittle 2021) are not observed. One incomplete drillhole is documented herein (Fig.…”

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Predator–prey interactions based on drillholes: A case study of turritelline gastropods from the Pleistocene Szekou Formation of Taiwan

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HSU,

LEE

et al. 2023

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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“…Octopods drill on epifaunal organisms; their drill holes can be identified by the characteristic teardrop shape of the drill hole and by the position of the holes on a molluscan prey (Bromley 1981; Klompmaker et al 2019). Octopods drill epifaunal molluscan prey on sites where the adductor muscle is located and inject venom through the hole to relax the muscles (Cortez et al 1998; Klompmaker and Kittle 2021). The oldest drill holes that are attributable to Octopodoidea are from the Cretaceous (Klompmaker and Landman 2021).…”

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Drilling predation on Early Jurassic bivalves and behavioral patterns of the presumed gastropod predator—evidence from Pliensbachian soft-bottom deposits of northern Germany

Karapunar¹,

Werner²,

Simonsen³

et al. 2023

Paleobiology

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Drilling predation is a common reason for mortality of benthic mollusks but did not become common until the late Mesozoic. The scarcity of drill holes in the early Mesozoic fossil record limits our understanding of the evolution of drilling behavior and its role on shaping early Mesozoic marine communities. Here, we use drilling traces on several bivalve taxa from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) marine soft-bottom deposits in northern Germany to explore behavioral patterns of the predator (e.g., site selectivity, change in site-selective behavior with age). Although none of the known drilling gastropod groups existed in the Pliensbachian, including the studied localities, the drill-hole morphology suggests that the predator was probably a gastropod. The ecology and identity of the target prey changes from a diverse array of epifaunal to infaunal taxa in older deposits to focus on a single, large, deep infaunal taxon, Gresslya intermedia, in younger deposits, suggesting a potential trend in prey selectivity over time. Spatial point pattern analysis of traces (SPPAT) reveals an aggregated pattern of drill holes on Gresslya, suggesting strong selectivity in drill-hole location. Drilling on a single large infaunal taxon and site selectivity are common patterns also inferred previously from the drilled deep infaunal Eothyasira from the Pliensbachian of southern Germany. In addition to the scarcity of predators, the highly specialized behavior of the early drilling predators, including strong prey selectivity in terms of prey identity and life habit, can partly explain the rarity of the early Mesozoic drill holes.

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Stomach content analysis in cephalopods: past research, current challenges, and future directions

Ibáñez

Riera

Leite

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Inferring octopodoid and gastropod behavior from their Plio-Pleistocene cowrie prey (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

Cited by 5 publications

References 67 publications

Predator–prey interactions based on drillholes: A case study of turritelline gastropods from the Pleistocene Szekou Formation of Taiwan

Predator–prey interactions based on drillholes: A case study of turritelline gastropods from the Pleistocene Szekou Formation of Taiwan

Drilling predation on Early Jurassic bivalves and behavioral patterns of the presumed gastropod predator—evidence from Pliensbachian soft-bottom deposits of northern Germany

Stomach content analysis in cephalopods: past research, current challenges, and future directions

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