Subaerial naticid gastropod drilling predation by Natica tigrina on the intertidal molluscan community of Chandipur, Eastern Coast of India

Pahari, Arijit; Mondal, Subhronil; Bardhan, Subhendu; Sarkar, Debattam; Saha, Sandip; Buragohain, Dipankar

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.03.020

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“…In relation to the Notocochlis isabelleana trails, previous studies on gastropods in other parts of the world have shown that these (Fenton & Fenton, 1931;Guerrero & Reyment, 1988;Savazzi & Reyment, 1989;Pahari et al, 2016). For example, Pahari et al (2016) studied the behaviour of Natica tigrina in intertidal molluscan communities on the eastern coast of India and observed a similar path to that observed for N. isabelleana in this study. They reported that naticids emerged from the sediments after the tide started receding and foraged on the sediment in random directions, searching for potential prey, perhaps by the use of chemical signals (Ziegelmeier, 1954 (aquarium experiments)).…”

Section: Foraging Tracks On the Sandsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Further south (41°S), the DF obtained in our study (22%) is invariably high if the latitudinal pattern proposed by Visaggi & Kelley (2015) for the SW Atlantic is considered, but this average value is similar to that provided for naticid predation on the eastern coast of India (26%) by Pahari et al . (2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pahari et al . (2016) described subaerial foraging for a period of 10 minutes, followed by burial in the sediment. Most of the tracks sampled in our study showed evidence that the snails were successful in hunting before or around 10 minutes.…”

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Naticid drilling predation from tidal flats in northern Patagonia, SW Atlantic

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Naticids and muricids are the main drilling gastropod families that leave a characteristic hole in their shelled prey. Drilling predation can be evaluated along spatial scales, and different latitudinal patterns (equatorward, poleward, mid-latitude peaks or no trend at all) have already been described. For Argentine Patagonia, most studies have analysed muricid predation, but scant information is available on naticid predation. This study provides evidence of predation by the moon snail Notocochlis isabelleana on a thin and fragile burrowing bivalve, Darina solenoides, along the intertidal sandflats at Pozo Salado, San Matías Gulf, in northern Patagonia. To estimate the incidence of predation, articulated specimens of Darina solenoides (N = 432) were randomly collected in the intertidal zone. Drill holes (N = 94) were recorded in shell lengths ranging between 10 and 35 mm. Taking into account previous studies in the region, the intensity of mortality by drilling (22%) constitutes a higher value than expected for this latitude. These results may help explain local patterns in a particular site in northern Patagonia which has been previously identified as an outlier, but further studies aimed at evaluating macrogeographic patterns are necessary for a better understanding of the regional factors that might be governing these predator–prey interactions.

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Naticid drilling predation from tidal flats in northern Patagonia, SW Atlantic

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“…Naticids are predominantly infaunal predators, although subaerial hunting has also been observed (Savazzi & Reyment ; Pahari et al . ). Conversely, muricids hunt almost exclusively on the bottom (Carriker ).…”

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A small yet occasional meal: predatory drill holes in Paleocene ostracods from Argentina and methods to infer predation intensity

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Ostracods are common yet understudied prey item in the fossil record. We document drill holes in Paleocene (Danian) ostracods from central Argentina using 9025 specimens representing 66 species. While the percentage of drilled specimens at assemblage-level is only 2.3%, considerable variation exists within species (0.3-25%), suggesting prey preference by the drillers. This preference is not determined by abundance because no significant correlation is found between species abundance and drilling percentages. Seven methods were used, some of which are new, to quantify drilling percentages for the abundant and commonly drilled Togoina argentinensis. The resulting range, from 9.9% to 14.6%, suggests that drilling percentages are fairly insensitive to the method used, implying that comparisons across studies are possible. This information, combined with data from the literature, suggests the Cretaceous-Palaeogene mass extinction may have had a limited effect on drilling intensity in ostracods. The cylindrical (Oichnus simplex) and parabolic (O. paraboloides) drill holes from Argentina may have been caused primarily by naticid and possibly muricid gastropods. Two oval drill holes (O. ovalis) are morphologically similar to octopod drill holes, but their small size, the fact that extant octopods are not known to drill ostracods and the absence of such holes in co-occurring gastropods, preclude ascription to a predator clade. Drill holes are located preferentially in the median and dorsal regions, where most soft tissue, including the adductor muscle, is located. Drilled specimens are statistically taller than non-drilled specimens for T. argentinensis and larger predators selected larger ostracods. The drilling percentage does not significantly differ in ornamented ostracods.

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“…Naticid and muricid gastropods are well-known marine carnivorous snails that attack by penetrating the shells of various prey species, including crustaceans (Huelsken, 2011), gastropods (Berry, 1982; Yamamoto, 2004; Pahari et al ., 2016) and bivalves (Tanaka, 1954; Ansell, 1960, 1982a, 1982b; Ansell & Morton, 1985, 1987; Rodrigues et al ., 1987; Brown, 1997; Kingsley-Smith et al ., 2003; Dietl et al ., 2004; Ishida, 2004; Yamamoto, 2004; Dietl & Herbert, 2005; Peharda & Morton, 2006; Morton, 2008; Hasegawa & Sato, 2009; Chiba & Sato, 2012; Chiba & Sato, 2013; Hutchings & Herbert, 2013; Visaggi et al ., 2013; Chiba & Sato, 2014; Mondal et al ., 2014; Paul et al ., 2014; Pahari et al ., 2016; Morton, 2017; Tomiyama, 2018). Naticid gastropods employ three major predatory tactics against bivalve prey: wall-drilling, edge-drilling and suffocation (Ansell & Morton, 1987; Visaggi et al ., 2013; Mondal et al ., 2014; Paul et al ., 2014).…”

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Paratectonatica tigrina (Gastropoda: Naticidae) adjusts its predation tactics depending on the chosen prey and their shell weight relative to its own

Takeshita

Maekawa

2020

J. Mar. Biol. Ass.

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Paratectonatica tigrina employs three predatory tactics against bivalve prey: wall-drilling, edge-drilling and non-drilling (suffocation) tactics. In this study, we conducted laboratory experiments to examine the predator–prey interactions between the naticid gastropod P. tigrina and two species of bivalve prey, Ruditapes philippinarum and Meretrix lusoria, and to investigate how predatory tactics differ for the bivalve species. Predation success increased with the shell weight ratio between predator and prey, however, there was no significant difference among prey species. The shell weight ratio significantly differed (P < 0.05) between predatory tactics against R. philippinarum, but not against M. lusoria, implying that P. tigrina determines its predatory tactics based on the shell weight ratio for R. philippinarum. However, we observed that feeding duration was not influenced by shell weight ratio or prey species, even though data were separated for each predatory tactic. These results suggest that there is no difference in feeding efficiency based on shell weight ratio between prey species and between predatory tactics. Paratectonatica tigrina may alter its predatory tactics suitably depending on the prey species and the relative size difference, despite the same feeding efficiency.

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Subaerial naticid gastropod drilling predation by Natica tigrina on the intertidal molluscan community of Chandipur, Eastern Coast of India

Cited by 30 publications

References 51 publications

Naticid drilling predation from tidal flats in northern Patagonia, SW Atlantic

Naticid drilling predation from tidal flats in northern Patagonia, SW Atlantic

A small yet occasional meal: predatory drill holes in Paleocene ostracods from Argentina and methods to infer predation intensity

Paratectonatica tigrina (Gastropoda: Naticidae) adjusts its predation tactics depending on the chosen prey and their shell weight relative to its own

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