Full reference: S. R. A. Kelly and R. G. Bromley. 1984. Ichonological nomenclature of clavate borings. Palaeontology 27(4):793-807
Belongs to Gastrochaenolites according to S. R. A. Kelly and R. G. Bromley 1984
See also Maisch et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Gastrochaenolites ampullatus, Gastrochaenolites cluniformis, Gastrochaenolites dijugus, Gastrochaenolites oelandicus, Gastrochaenolites orbicularis, Gastrochaenolites ornatus, Gastrochaenolites torpedo, Gastrochaenolites turbinatus
Type specimen: BGS Kelly Col. Zu2230, an other. Its type locality is Locality 3, Nettleton, Basal Spilsby Nodule Bed, Lincolnshire, which is in a Tithonian shoreface sandstone in the Spilsby Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Portugal (1)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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