潜穴（burrow）是指舌形贝、蠕虫类等动物向底层面内挖掘各种洞穴的痕迹。属于遗迹化石。
潮间海滩单元含有一些生物潜穴。
在燕山地区中元古代常州沟组中发育有大量的潜穴化石，潜穴产于常州沟组中部的泥质粉砂岩中。
A large amount of burrow fossils are found in pelitic siltstone in the middle Changzhougou Formation of the Mesoproterozoic in the Yanshan area.
蛇鳗科鱼类广布于各大洋的热带和亚热带大陆架水域，可依靠尖突的头部和尖秃骨化的尾端在沙土或珊瑚礁后潜穴。
Distributed in continental shelf depths of all tropica and subtropical oceans, Ophichthidae can burrow in sand and mud substrates or coral reefs by pointed rayless tail tips or acute snouts.
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