(Gastropoda); Carinaria cithara Benson 1835 (Heteropoda); a chondrophore, Velella velella (Hydrodia); Lepas spp.
occurred in 52% of the samples, and Carinaria cithara was found in 50% of samples.
Of the six most common prey items, Carinaria cithara had the highest percent sample volume, 43.8% of total sample volume.
An initial study of pelagic dive behavior of this species (Polovina et al., 2003) indicates that they regularly dive down to depths of 100 m and may also forage at those depths, which may account for the high frequency of occurrence and high total percent volume of the heteropod Carinaria cithara.
Percent Occurrence volume Prey group (%) (%) Carinaria cithara Benson 1835 50.0 43.8 Janthina spp.