Species

Loxolenichnus stellatocinctus Breton et Wisshak, 2017

Taxon description

Breton et al., 2017

Diagnosis.—One or several, vertical or oblique penetrations, irregularly cylindrical, surrounded on the outer substrate urface by an asymmetrical depression with a set of stellate grooves increasingly distinct towards the margin of the trace.

Description.—Holotype: Substrate: An incomplete left valveof the oyster R. suborbiculatum (preserved length ca. 6 cm) with ventral and ventro-posterior margins broken. The colour pattern (longitudinal brown flames) is preserved near the umbo. Entobian perforations near the posterior margin and on the centre of the shell. The holotype is located near the ventro-anterior margin (Fig. 5A).


 

Synonymy list
2017     lLoxolenichnus stellatocinctus Breton and Wisshak isp. nov. latocinctus Breton and Wisshak isp. nov. — Breton et al. , pp. 51, fig. 5,6
Selection of related publications
Breton, G., Wisshak, M., Néraudeau, D., Morel, N. 2017. Parasitic gastropod bioerosion trace fossil on Cenomanian oysters from Le Mans, France and its ichnologic and taphonomic context. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62, 1, 45–57. DOI:10.4202/app.00304.2016
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyOichnidae
GenusLoxolenichnus
Specieshalo
stellatocinctus
taddei
References based on distribution