Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MA migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.3 ecozone: MPE food: biCik, biCvf class:
MRE = 0.082 habitat: 0iMp, 0iMr gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.015 embryo: Ms reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 335.5 333.6 (0.005518) d age at birth SaunLand2010
tp 2673 2886 (0.07982) d time since birth at puberty WestBeck2004
am 4380 4379 (0.0002659) d life span WestBeck2004
Lb 2.6 3.104 (0.194) cm shell diameter at birth WestBeck2004
Lp 11.3 12.45 (0.1014) cm shell diameter at puberty WestBeck2004
Li 16.5 17.6 (0.06689) cm ultimate shell diameter WestBeck2004
Wwb 4 3.781 (0.0548) g wet weight at birth Ward1987
Wwi 490 517.6 (0.05628) g ultimate wet weight Kooy2017
dLp 0.0055 0.004063 (0.2613) cm/d change in shell diameter at puberty WestBeck2004
Ri 0.03014 0.03017 (0.00114) #/d max reproduction rate Ward1987

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Nautilus pompilius Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02052 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9018 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 22.17 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8009 - growth efficiency

Facts

  • No sexual dimorphism (Ref: SaunLand2010)
  • The shell resembles a logarithmic spiral, with ratio ranging from about 1.24 to 1.43, (average about 1.33); the ratio of the golden spiral is 1.618 (Ref: Wiki)

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