Species

Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2008

Description. Only few somewhat doubtful specimens of this otherwise very common ichnospecies were encountered which showed the diagnostic club- to sack-shaped morphology (10-20 µm in length) and in one case a moderate collar around its neck (Fig. 8F), but did not display thin interconnecting substrate-parallel galleries.

Synonymy list
1991     Saccomorpha clava isp. nov. — Radtke , pp. 92-95, fig. 13:1-3, 5
1991     non Saccomorpha clava (= Saccomorpha velum isp. nov.) — Radtke , pp. 93, fig. 13:4
1991     non Saccomorpha clava — Radtke , pp. 91, fig. 13:6
2008     ?Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991 — Wisshak et al. , pp. 41
2009     Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991 — Vogel & Brett , pp. 8, fig. 16, 17
2019     Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991 — Seuss & Nützel , fig. 2d, 3g
2022     Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991 — Martinell & Domènech , pp. 242, fig. 2C
2024     Saccomorpha clava Radtke, 1991 — Golubic et al. , pp. 204, fig. 3a-c
Selection of related publications
Martinell, J., Domènec, R. 2022. Bioerosió en molluscs pleistocens de la plataforma marina catalana [Bioerosion in Pleistocene mollusks from the Catalan marine platform]. Nemus 12, 237-261.
Vogel, K., Brett, C. E. 2009. Record of microendoliths in different facies of the Upper Ordovician in the Cincinnati Arch region USA: The early history of light-related microendolithic zonation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 281, 1-2, 1-24. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.032
Radtke, G. 1991. Die mikroendolithischen Spurenfossilien im Alt-Tertiär West-Europas und ihre palökologische Bedeutung. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 138, 1-185.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilySaccomorphidae
GenusSaccomorpha
Speciesclava
collaris
curvata
guttulata
lobata
papilio
polypoda
radiata
sphaerula
stereodiktyon
terminalis
velum
References based on distribution