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.
Synonyymit
1974 Helicotaphrichnus commensalis n. sp. — Kern, Grimmer & Lister , pp. 978, fig. text figures 1, 2
1979 Helicotaphrichnus commensalis — Kern , pp. 239-240, fig. 2, 3
1991 Helicotaphrichnus commensalis Kern, Grimmer & Lister — Feige & Fürsich , pp. 93
Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
Feige, A., Fürsich, F. T. 1991. Taphonomy of the Recent molluscs of Bahia la Choya (Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico). Zitteliana 18, 89-133.
Kern, J. P., Grimmer, J. C., Lister, K. H. 1974. A new fossil spionid tube, Pliocene and Pleistocene of California and Baja California. Journal of Paleontology 48, 5, 978–982.
Luokittelu
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Trypanitidae |
| Genus | Helicotaphrichnus |
| Species | commensalis |
| helicus |
Levinneisyys ja viitteet
- Kern et al., 1974 Pacific Beach, California
- Feige & Fürsich, 1991 Recent