Session: The Hunters and the Hunted: Predation On and By Gastropods (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

TAPHONOMY AND TIME-AVERAGING OF DRILL HOLES: ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD LEFT BY HUNTING GASTROPODS

KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and HOFFMEISTER, Alan, Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu

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8:20 AM

PLATYCERATID GASTROPODS AS PARASITES, PREDATORS, AND PREY AND THEIR POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON ECHINODERM HOSTS: COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND TARGETING

BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, GAHN, Forest J., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, carlton.brett@uc.edu, carlton.brett@uc.edu

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8:40 AM

NEW EVIDENCE FOR PLATYCERATID DRILLING ABILITIES FROM CRINOIDS, BRACHIOPODS, AND GASTROPODS OF THE LAKE VALLEY FORMATION (MISSISSIPPIAN, USA)

BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, MILLER, Daniel J., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, ann arbor, MI 48109-1079 and GAHN, Forest J., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, tomaszb@umich.edu, tomaszb@umich.edu

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8:55 AM

SNAILS EATING SEA-URCHINS – PREDATION PATTERNS ON THE ECHINOID ECHINOCYAMUS FROM THE OLIGO-MIOCENE OF EUROPE

NEBELSICK, James H., Institute of Geosciences, University of Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076 and KROH, Andreas, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de

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9:10 AM

LEARNING TO DRILL IN THE WIS: EXAMPLES FROM THE FOX HILLS FORMATION

HARRIES, Peter J., Dept. of Geology, Univ. of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620-5201 and SCHOPF, Kenneth M., Center for Science Education, Education Development Center, 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02548, harries@chuma.cas.usf.edu, harries@chuma.cas.usf.edu

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9:25 AM

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? DIVERSITY IN PREDATORS, PREY AND PREDATION METRICS

TANG, Carol M., Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, ctang@calacademy.org, ctang@calacademy.org

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9:40 AM

MODERN VARIATION IN PREDATION INTENSITY: CONSTRAINTS ON AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ESCALATION

FUNDERBURK, James, Department of Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 and HARRIES, Peter, Dept. of Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620-5201, jfunderburk@uesorl.com, jfunderburk@uesorl.com

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9:55 AM

CLIMATE AND GASTROPOD PREDATION: VARIATION IN DRILLING AMONG RECENT MOLLUSCAN PROVINCES ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST

KELLEY, Patricia H., Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC 28403 and HANSEN, Thor A., Geology, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225, Thor.Hansen@wwu.edu, Thor.Hansen@wwu.edu

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10:10 AM

GASTROPOD PREDATION ON THE PANAMANIAN CARIBBEAN COAST

FORTUNATO, Helena, Smithsonian Tropical Rsch Institute, PO Box 169, Balboa, Panama, fortunae@ancon.si.edu, fortunae@ancon.si.edu

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10:25 AM

PLEISTOCENE ESCALATION IN STROMBID GASTROPODS OF FLORIDA AND A POSSIBLE CATALYST ROLE FOR GLACIAL ‘SUPER-EL NIÑO’ CONDITIONS

HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, Univ of South Florida at Tampa, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 and VERMEIJ, Geerat J., Department of Geology and Center for Population Biology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, herbert@chuma.cas.usf.edu, herbert@chuma.cas.usf.edu

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10:40 AM

IS THERE A SURVIVAL-RELATED ADVANTAGE OF SINISTRAL COILING IN MARINE SNAILS?

HENDRICKS, Jonathan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, 4120 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520, jrh42@cornell.edu, jrh42@cornell.edu

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10:55 AM

THE FOSSIL RECORD OF FORCE AND POWER: GASTROPOD SHELLS AS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS

VERMEIJ, Geerat J., Department of Geology and Center for Population Biology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, vermeij@geology.ucdavis.edu, vermeij@geology.ucdavis.edu

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11:15 AM

ARE FASTER MODES OF PREDATION EVOLUTIONARILY DERIVED IN THE BUSYCONINAE?: A TEST WITH MOLECULES AND FOSSILS

DIETL, Gregory P.¹, MCCARTNEY, Michael A.² and SLAUGHTER, Christin², (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, gregory.dietl@yale.edu, gregory.dietl@yale.edu

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11:30 AM

EMERGENT EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE PREDATORS ON PREY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD

DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 and KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC 28403, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu

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11:45 AM

THE PERILS OF PREDATION FOR TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS

WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, swalker@gly.uga.edu, swalker@gly.uga.edu

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

T52. The Hunters and the Hunted: Predation On and By Gastropods