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Issue: Vol. 5839 No. 3: 30 Jun. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5839.3.11
Page range: 597-599
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 31

Nomenclature of vermetid anchoring bioerosion structures: making the names Santichnus and Santichnus mayorali available (Ichnofamily Renichnidae, trace fossils, bioerosion structures)

Departamento de Paleontología; Instituto de Ciencias Geológicas; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de la República; PEDECIBA Geociencias; SNI-ANII; Montevideo; Uruguay
Área de Paleontología; Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Spain
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife; Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros; C/Fuente Morales; 1; 38003; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Spain
Área de Paleontología; Departamento de Biología Animal; Edafología y Geología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de La Laguna; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Spain; Aragosaurus: Recursos Geológicos y Paleoambientes-IUCA; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de Zaragoza; C/ Pedro Cerbuna; 12; 50009 Zaragoza; Spain
Department of Earth Sciences; Faculty of Experimental Sciences; El Carmen Campus; University of Huelva; Spain; Department of Applied Geosciences; CCTH - Science and Technology Research Centre; University of Huelva; Spain
Department of Geology; Faculty of Geology; University of Oviedo; Oviedo; Spain
Mollusca vermetid bioerosion Santichnus trace fossils zoological nomenclature

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How to Cite

Verde, M., Castillo, C., Martin-González, E., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Mayoral, E. & Santos, A. (2026) Nomenclature of vermetid anchoring bioerosion structures: making the names Santichnus and Santichnus mayorali available (Ichnofamily Renichnidae, trace fossils, bioerosion structures). Zootaxa, 5839 (3), 597–599. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5839.3.11