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Pholadomyidae

Pholadomyidae

Overview

Pholadomyidae King, 1844

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Both halves of the shell look the same and range in oval, oblong shapes. Distinct shell surface raised bumps.

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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 Pholadomyidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway