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Pteriidae

Pteriidae

Overview

Pteriidae Gray, 1847

Common Name: Pearl Oyster

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells have an irregular oval shape often with 'wing-like' projections. Some vary in the amount of spines and ornamentation. They attach themselves to the substrate and modern representatives have been used to culture pearls.

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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 Pteriidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway