Biogenic and abiogenic injuries in a Carboniferous Bellerophon (Gastropoda) from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom. (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Peel, John S.
• Is Part Of: GFF. Volume 142:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Gastropods -- Bellerophontoidea -- Carboniferous -- shell breakage -- shell repair -- predation; Geology -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Geology -- Periodicals; 554.8
• DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2019.1621376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1103-5897

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Two described specimens of the gastropod Bellerophon tenuifascia J. de C. Sowerby, 1824, from the Carboniferous (Asbian) of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom, preserve repaired injuries resulting from environmental breakage and failed, non-lethal, predatory attacks. Deep scars attributed to predatory attacks are assigned to the ichnofossil Caedichnus and were focused on the mid-dorsal area of the aperture. Abundant small-scale scallops and chipping of growth lamellae distributed around the apertural margin are mainly the result of environmental damage. A deeply incised injury in the aperture of one specimen was probably a fatal injury.