Ecology Summary - Telescopium telescopium

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Ecology of Telescopium telescopium

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Found in mangrove areas (Ref. 128042) and are abundant in intertidal mud flats (Refs. 349, 128042). Often partly buried in mud, with only top of spire projecting (Ref. 349). Detritus feeder (Ref. 751).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Telescopium telescopium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Raut, D., T. Ganesh, N.V.S.S. Murty and A.V. Raman, 2005
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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