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Prey Selection by naticid gastropods: experimental tests and application to the fossil record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Jennifer A. Kitchell ,
Christofer H. Boggs ,
James F. Kitchell  and
James A. Rice
Jennifer A. Kitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Christofer H. Boggs
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
James F. Kitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
James A. Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Abstract

Because predation by drilling gastropods is uniquely preservable in the fossil record, it represents important evidence for the study of coevolution. Previous studies of drilling gastropod predation have been largely descriptive and sometimes contradictory. We formulate and test a model of prey selection by naticid drilling gastropods. The model adequately predicts both prey species selection and prey size selection. Prey preferences parallel prey profitabilities, determined by calculating prey species-specific and predator size-specific cost-benefit functions. The model also specifically suggests the evolution of potential refugia from predation and the evolution of potential predatory attributes. Application of the model to several Miocene and Pliocene assemblages studied by Thomas (1976) corroborates the feasibility and utility of this approach in examining the evolutionary record of naticid predation, which extends from the Late Mesozoic. Apparent evolutionary stasis and convergent morphological trends among prey species may be consistent with continuous selection pressures against predation.

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Paleobiology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , Fall 1981 , pp. 533 - 552
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