Strombus

A few studies have analyzed the effects of lipophilic algal metabolites on consumer fitness. Paul and Fenical67 showed that survivorship of a snail (Strombus costatus) was decreased when any one of three green algal metabolites were coated onto a palatable alga. However, food consumption was not quantified. 

Boettcher, A.A. and Targett, N.M., Induction of metamorphosis in queen conch, Strombus gigas Linnaeus, larvae by cues associated with red algae from their nursery grounds, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 196, 29, 1996. 

Boettcher, A. A. and Targett, N.M., Role of chemical inducers in larval metamorphis of queen conch, Strombus gigas, Linaeus relationship to other marine invertebrate systems, Biol. Bull., 194, 132, 1998. 

Martin G.D., Wilkinson B.H. and Lohmann K.C. (1986) The role of skeletal porosity in aragonite neomorphism — Strombus and Montastrea from the Pleistocene Key Largo Limestone, Florida. J. Sediment. Petrol. 56, 194-203. 

Sangster, A.W., Thomas, S.E. and Tingling, N.L., 1975. Fish attractants from marine invertebrates arcamine from Area zebra and strombine from Strombus gigas. Tetrahedron, 31 1135-1137. 

An unusual behavior observed in mollusks is the so-called Exploratory-Feeding Behavior. The mollusks secrete a chemical substance, frequently an amino acid, which attracts its prey. Two of these fish attracting principles are arcamine (111) and strombine (112) from Area zebra and Strombus gigas respectively 406). 

Sangster, A.W., S.E. Thomas, and N.L. Tingling Fish Attractants from Marine Invertebrates. Arcamine from Area zebra and Strombine from Strombus gigas. Tetrahedron 31, 1135-1137 (1975). 

DAVIS M, HEYMAN w D, HARVEY w and WITHSTAND LEY c A (1990) A Comparison of two inducers, KCl aud Laurencia extracts, and techniques for the commercial scale inductiou of metamorphosis in queen conch Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 larvae. J Shellfish Res 9, 67-73. 

MELTING point Hydrochloride, 13TC ORGANISM Strombus gigas (Mollusca) reference 354... 

The toxin utilized was conotoxin-TxVIAthe above mentioned molluscicidal. TxVIAat doses of up to 20 nmoles did not elicit any jumping response from adult Strombus. However, when TxVIA was applied in the presence of a sub-threshold level of C. textile CW, the combination of these two factors caused a spectacular reaction in Strombus (Fig. 6). Marked escape responses were also observed in animals exposed to TxVIA, and afterwards to a... 

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