Species

Gastrochaenolites cluniformis Kelly et Bromley, 1984

Taxon description

El-Hedeny & El-Sabbagh, 2018

Description: Simple, smooth and unlined clavate-shaped borings; straight to slightly curved, bilobate at the base and circular to ovate at the aperture. The maximum diameter is located near the centre of the main chamber. The neck and aperture are rounded to oval in cross-section. The boring is 8‒44 mm long and 3‒18 mm wide. Boring walls often ornamented with coral xenoglyph sculptures.

Synonymy list
1984     Gastrochaenolites cluniformis ichnosp. nov. — Kelly & Bromley , pp. 799, fig. text-figs 3D, 5
2004     Gastrochaenolites cluniformis Kelly & Bromley, 1984 — Blissett & Pickerill , pp. 180, fig. 6/4; &
2018     Gastrochaenolites cluniformis Kelly and Bromley, 1984 — El-Hedeny & El-Sabbagh , pp. 9, fig. Fig. 9A, D