Open AccessCommensal association of Corbula gibba (Bivalvia) and a sub-conical boring
Author(s) -
Jan Kresten Nielsen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of denmark
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2245-7070
pISSN - 0011-6297
DOI - 10.37570/bgsd-1998-45-15
Subject(s) - conical surface , paleontology , organism , geology , biology , range (aeronautics) , bivalvia , ecology , mollusca , engineering , mathematics , geometry , aerospace engineering
An examination of fossil and Recent right valves of the infaunal, suspensionfeeding Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) revealed the presence of a slender, sub- conical, unbranched boring. The boring is interpreted as the work of a commensal organism, possible a parasite. Stratigraphic range is from Eocene to Recent.