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Trochus stellatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Topshell

Patricia Galvao Santos Reis (2013)

 

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Ecology


Behaviour


Life History, Anatomy & Physiology


Evolution & Systematics


Biogeographic Distribution


Conservation & Threats


References & Links

References

Apte, D. (2004). Molluscan Fauna of Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary Part 1: GASTROPODA. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 101(2),201-210.

Donald, K. M., Kennedy, M. and Spencer, H. G. (2005).Cladogenesis as the Result of Long-Distance Rafting Events in South Pacific Topshells (Gastropoda, Trochidae). Evolution 59(8), 1701-1711.

Gray,J.S., Aschan, M., Carr, M.R., Clarke, K.R., Green, R.H., Pearson, T. H., Rosenberg, R., and Arwick, R.M. (1988). Analysis of community attributes of the benthic macrofauna of Frierfjord- Angesundjord and in a Mesocosm Experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 46(1-3), 151-165.

Joseph, M. N. (1978)Ecological studies on the fauna associated with economic seaweeds of South India-I: Species composition, feeding habits and inter relationships. Seaweed Res. Util. 3, 10-25

Little, C. (1989). Factors Governing Patterns of ForagingActivity in Litoral Marine Herbivorous Molluscs.  Journalof Molluscan Studies 55(2), 273-284.

Miloslavich, P., Cruz-Motta, J. J., Klein, E., Iken, K., Weinberger, V., Konar, B., Trott,T., Pohle, G., Bigatti, G., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Shirayama, Y., Mead, A., Palomo, G., Ortiz, M., Gobin, J., Sardi, A., Dı´az, J. M., Knowlton, A., Wong, M., Peralta, A. C. (2013). Large-Scale Spatial Distribution Patterns of Gastropod Assemblages in Rocky Shores. PLoS One 8(8), e71396.

Rahman, S. and Barkati, S. (2004). Development of Abundance– Biomass Curves Indicating Pollution and Disturbance in Molluscan Communities on Four Beaches Near Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 36(2),111-123.

Ruppert, E. E., Fox, R. S. and Barnes, R. D. (2004). InvertebrateZoology: A functional evolutionary approach. Seveth Edition, 300-338.

Links
http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Trochidae/Pages/Trochidae_intro.htm
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Trochus+stellatus&guide=Groups_Mollusca



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