Belichnus Pether, 1995

Predation; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
 

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,

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

Unbranched, clavate.