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Mactromyidae

Mactromyidae

Overview

Mactromyidae Cox, 1929

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells have an elongated dome shape. Due to modern relatives, they are thought to also house chemosymbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)

        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 Mactromyidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway