Rafi Amar, Israel
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Euplica festiva (Deshayes, 1833)
Snails of the family Columbellidae are active, crawling snails that live in a variety of habitats. Most species live on hard substrates, on the underside of rocks, or on algae, but some species also crawl in the sand of seagrass beds.
They are unusual among advanced gastropods in that some species include both plant and animal material in their diet.
Species that feed on seagrasses are grazers, consuming diatoms, sponges, and other animal life on the seagrass leaves, but also ingesting plant material.
Carnivorous species are also known to include other mollusks, polychaetes, crustaceans, and ascidians in their diet.
Synonyme:
Colombella azora Duclos, 1840
Columbella (Nitidella) seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904
Columbella albinodulosa Gaskoin, 1852
Columbella festiva Deshayes, 1833 (original combination)
Columbella indica Reeve, 1858
Columbella seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904
Euplica reticulata T. Cossignani, 2005
Pyrene azora (Duclos, 1840)
Snails of the family Columbellidae are active, crawling snails that live in a variety of habitats. Most species live on hard substrates, on the underside of rocks, or on algae, but some species also crawl in the sand of seagrass beds.
They are unusual among advanced gastropods in that some species include both plant and animal material in their diet.
Species that feed on seagrasses are grazers, consuming diatoms, sponges, and other animal life on the seagrass leaves, but also ingesting plant material.
Carnivorous species are also known to include other mollusks, polychaetes, crustaceans, and ascidians in their diet.
Synonyme:
Colombella azora Duclos, 1840
Columbella (Nitidella) seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904
Columbella albinodulosa Gaskoin, 1852
Columbella festiva Deshayes, 1833 (original combination)
Columbella indica Reeve, 1858
Columbella seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904
Euplica reticulata T. Cossignani, 2005
Pyrene azora (Duclos, 1840)
