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Fasciolaria tulipa (true tulip)

Synonyms: Murex tulipa; Neptunea laevigata

Wikipedia Abstract

Fasciolaria tulipa, common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae.
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Prey / Diet

Aliger gigas (pink or queen conch)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Albula vulpes (Bonefish)[2]
Diodon hystrix (Ajargo)[3]
Lutjanus analis (Virgin snapper)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Queen Conch Predators: Not a Roadblock to Mariculture, Darryl E. Jory and Edwin S. Iversen, Proc. Gulf Caribb. Fish. Inst. 35:108-111. (1983)
♦ 2Feeding Habits of bonefish, Albula vulpes, from the waters of the Florida Keys, Roy E. Crabtree, Connie Stevens, Derke Snodgrass, Fredrik J. Stengard, Florida Marine Research Institute, Fishery Bulletin 96(4):754-766 (1998)
♦ 3Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0