Teredolites Leymerie, 1842

Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate

Diagnosis. (Slightly modified after Kelly and Bromley 1984, p. 804.) ‘‘Clavate borings in woody substrates, acutely turbinate, evenly tapered from aperture to base of main chamber; neck region not separated from main chamber; cross-sections at all levels more or less circular; short.’’

Category of architectural design: 2.66. Clavate-shaped borings.

Unbranched, branched, clavate.

Remark: Tubular, clavate borings in wood, sometimes with calcareous linings. Some contain the shells of the trace-making bivalve.

Teredolites Leymerie, 1842, also emended by Kelly and Bromley (1984), is a clavate boring in xylic substrates. These borings, attributed most often to bivalves, are cylindrical and can be short orvery long. Teredolites commonly has a calcareous lining.