The Almería-Níjar Basin is a Neogene, intermontane depression marginal to the Mediterranean in southern Spain in the vicinity of El Argamasón, Andalucia. The Pliocene Cuevas Formation rests unconformably on the Upper Messinian rock succession in the Carboneras Fault Zone. The Cuevas Formation is a coarse-grained, bioclastic-rich, calcarenite to calcirudite shoreface deposit. Oysters, namely Saccostrea cucullata (Born), are locally common and preserve a moderate diversity of borings: Caulostrepsis taeniola Clarke; Entobia isp.; Gastrochaenolites isp. aff. G. lapidicus Kelly and Bromley; Maeandropolydora isp. cf. M. sulcans Voigt; Oichnus paraboloides Bromley; and Talpina isp. aff. T. hirsuta Voigt. All represent domiciles except for the predatory O. paraboloides trace. This suite of ichnotaxa is assigned to the Entobia ichnofacies sensu Bromley and Asgaard; they are comparable, particularly, with the Boulder Assemblage of the Pliocene of Rhodes, Greece. Physical disturbance is an important parameter in favouring this pattern of infestation, whether the bored clasts are boulders or oyster valves.

Almería-Níjar 盆地是一个新近纪的山间洼地，位于西班牙南部的地中海边缘，位于安达卢西亚的 El Argamasón 附近。上新世 Cuevas 地层不整合地位于 Carboneras 断层带的上墨西拿岩石序列上。Cuevas 组是一个粗粒、富含生物碎屑、方解石到方解石岸面矿床。牡蛎，即Saccostrea cucullata (Born)，在当地很常见，并且保留了中等多样性的钻孔：Caulostrepsis taeniola Clarke；Entobia isp.; Gastrochaenolites isp。阿夫。G. lapidicus Kelly 和 Bromley；Maeandropolydora isp。参见 M. sulcans Voigt;Oichnus paraboloides Bromley; 和Talpina isp。阿夫。T. hirsuta Voigt。除了掠食性O. paraboloides踪迹外，所有都代表住所。这组 ichnotaxa 被分配给 Entobia ichnfacies sensu Bromley 和 Asgaard；它们尤其可与希腊罗得岛上新世的巨石组合相媲美。无论无聊的碎屑是巨石还是牡蛎瓣，物理干扰都是有利于这种侵扰模式的重要参数。