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).


 

Synonyymit
2017     lLoxolenichnus stellatocinctus Breton and Wisshak isp. nov. latocinctus Breton and Wisshak isp. nov. — Breton et al. , pp. 51, fig. 5,6
Luokittelu
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyOichnidae
GenusLoxolenichnus
Specieshalo
stellatocinctus
taddei