Species

Dendrina dendrina (Morris, 1851)

Taxon description

Wisshak, 2017

Emended diagnosis. Rosette of irregular to sub-circular outline, with loosely spaced galleries radiating from the centre in meandering fashion, ramifying with widened bi- and trifurcations of various angles, only rarely forming anastomoses. In larger individuals, additional tiers may develop.

Synonymy list
1851     Talpina dendrina — Morris , pp. 87, fig. 4:6b, 7
1859     Dendrina stellata — Étallon
1929     Talpina dendrina — Voight , pp. 122, fig. 4:9-10
1937     Dendrina belemniticola — Mägdefrau , pp. 55, fig. 4:1
1965     Dendrina belemniticola — Pugaczewska , fig. 1:2
1996     Dendrina crassa — Hofmann , pp. 70, fig. 5:1-4
1996     Dendrina fluensis — Hofmann , pp. 72, fig. 6:3-6
1996     Dendrina lacerata — Hofmann , pp. 78, fig. 8:5-6
1996     Dendrina ordoplana — Plewes , pp. 166, fig. 22:5-8, 23:1-7
2013     Dendrina belemniticola — Girod & Rösner , pp. 280, fig. 12
Selection of related publications
Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 390, 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390