Taddei Ruggiero & Annunziata, 2002
| Author(s): | Taddei Ruggiero, E., Annunziata, G. |
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| Year: | 2002 |
| Title: | Bioerosion on a Terebratula scillae population from the Lower Pleistocene of Lecce area (Southern Italy) |
| Journal: | Acta Geologica Hispanica |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 43-51 |
| Abstract | This paper deals with shell bioerosion in a population of Terebratula scillae Seguenza from the Lower Pleistocene in Lecce area, Southern Italy. The most important traces belong to shell breakage attributed to predatory activity; borings (Entobia isp., Maeandropolydora isp.); drill holes (Oichnus simplex Bromley; Oichnus isp.); and etching scars (Centrichnus eccentricus Bromley and Martinell; Podichnus centrifugalis Bbromlry and Surlyk). The distribution analysis of the traces of epibiosis on the shells of T. scillae induces us to think that we are dealing with a pedicleanchored form, living with completely raised valves. Besides, both percentage and nature of predation marks (probably due to gastropods or decapod crustaceans) do not depose for a very intense predation pressur. |
| Keywords: | Bioerosion, Brachiopoda, Italy, Paleontology, Pleistocene , Predation, Trace fossils |
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