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Corbulidae

Corbulidae

Overview

Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are sturdy, small, and often elongated to one side.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Stationary

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Infaunal

Sources:

Cox, L. R. et al. 1969. Bivalvia, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 1224 pp.


Genera of Corbulidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway