Nereites MacLeay, 1839

DESCRIPTION: A meandering trace consisting of a central furrow flanked on both sides by regular closely spaced oval or circular lobes, commonly finely striated. Meanders may be densely space and vary in width, shape, and size.

BEHAVIOR(S): Feeding (fodinichnia) or grazing (pascichnia) trace of a deposit-feeding animal.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Lagoonal to deltaic to deep marine environments. Commonly found on the top surface of thin turbidites in near abyssal plain areas (slope/abyssal) in sand and mud-based media.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Annelids, gastropods, and/or arthropods.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Cambrian-recent.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: (Seilacher, 1983, 1986)(Devera, 1989)(Rindsberg, 1994)(Uchman, 1995)(Orr, 1995)(Mangano et al., 2000).

REMARKS: Possible preservational variant with Neonereites Seilacher, 1960 and Scalarituba Weller, 1899 with Neonereites and Scalarituba as junior synonyms.