Taphonomic Processes of Some Intertidal Gastropod and Bivalve Shells from Northern Red Sea Coast, Egypt

Journal Article

Publication Abstract

Disarticulation, encrustation, bioerosion, fragmentation and abrasion are the recorded taphonomic
processes in the intertidal gastropod and bivalve shells from the northern Red Sea coast, Egypt. Balanoids,
polychaetes, bivalves and bryozoans are the recorded encrusters. Bioerosion traces were predominately of clionid
sponges and gastropods. They are represented by the ichnogenera Entobia and Oichnus. Fragmentation was mainly
resulted from mechanical and biological processes. Many specimens are abraded, lacking-sheen, and showed evidence
of corrosion. Most bivalve shells are dominated by disarticulated valves.