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Pholadidae

Pholadidae

Overview

Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809

Common Name: Angelwings

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The pholadidae have elongated or even globular shells with slits. Often with concentric ridges for ornamentation. These clams bore into hard substrates including rock, shells, and wood.

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Paleoecology: 

        MOBILITY: Stationary

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

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 Pholadidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway