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Re: Eel grass corrections and controversy
From:
Gregory Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:52:28 -0600
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On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, ross mayhew wrote:
 
> First, the correction: as our alert friend Emilio pointed out, all
> Muricidae are not carnivorous, and N. lappilus is on the "not" side.  I
> always wondered why they have habitat preferences more suitable to a
> vegetarian!
>
 
Kool (1993, p. 201) reported that Nucella feeds on barnacles and mussels.
He collected this ecological data from Largen (1967), Murdoch (1969),
Connell(1970), Crothers (1973), and Spight (1982).
I am not aware of any non-carnivorous muricids.  What species is Emilio
referring to?
 
Greg Herbert
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA

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