Species

Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999)

Taxon description

Taylor et al., 1999

Diagnosis. Leptichnus with sub-circular, elliptical or pear-shaped pits entirely or predominantly multiserially arranged. Pit long axes are aligned radially from the centre of the grouping.

Pokorný & Štofik, 2017

Diagnosis: Finichnus with subcircular, elliptical, or pear-shaped pits entirely or predominantly multiserially arranged. Long axes of pits are aligned radially from the center of the grouping (Taylor et al., 1999).

Description: Poorly preserved specimens that consist of multiserially arranged lines of shallow, elliptical or pyriform pits, which reach a length of 0.25–0.35 mm and width of 0.1–0.3 mm at the inner surface of the mollusk shells. The total etched area does not exceed 5x10 mm.

Synonymy list
1999     Leptichnusn peristoma isp. nov. — Taylor et al. , pp. 600, fig. 1:1-6
2017     Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999) — Pokorný & Štofik , pp. 217, fig. 11B-D
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyPodichnidae
GenusFinichnus
Speciesdromeus
peristoma
tortus