Genus

Belichnus Pether, 1995

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Predation; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
 

Pether, 1995

Diagnosis.—Small, irregular, subcircular holes generally less than 2.5 mm in maximum diameter in hard substrata such as molluscan shells, that extend into jaggedly conical, outwardly flaring spalls of broken-out material, evidencing forceful, point­ed impact,

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.66. Clavate-shaped borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Unbranched, clavate.

Luokittelu
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyBelichnidae
GenusBelichnus
Speciesdusos
monos
GenusBicrescomanducator
Caedichnus