Species
Helicotaphrichnus commensalis Kern, Grimmer et Lister, 1974
Taxon description
Kern et al., 1974
Diagnosis: Helicotaphrichnus is a partly excavated, partly deposited fossil tube that is found ony in the columellar wall of gastropod shells. The tube may be single, or it may double back on itself once or twicw to form tight U or S shapes, but it always follows the helical path of the chamber of the gastripod shell.
Synonymy list
1974 Helicotaphrichnus commensalis n. sp. — Kern, Grimmer & Lister , pp. 978 , fig. text figures 1, 2
1979 Helicotaphrichnus commensalis — Kern , pp. 239-240 , fig. Fig. 2, 3
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Trypanitidae |
| Genus | Helicotaphrichnus |
| Species | commensalis |
| helicus |