Site selection and behavior of sponge and bivalve borers in shells of the Cretaceous oysters Exogyra cancellata and Pycnodonte mutabilis from Delaware, U.S.A

Historical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-315

  Bien, Walter F ^a   Wendt, Jodi M ^b   Alexander, Richard R ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous oysters; Entobia; Euendoliths; Exogyra; Gastrochaenolites; Geotaxic behavior; Lithophagid borings; Pycnodonte; Rheotaxic behavior; Rugataxic behavior; Sponge borings

Indexed keywords

BORING; CRETACEOUS; TRACE FOSSIL;

DELAWARE; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CANCELLATA; ENTOBIA; EXOGYRA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; OSTREIDAE; PYCNODONTE;

EID: 0033382591     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969909386587     Document Type: Article

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