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Arcticidae

Arcticidae

Overview

Arcticidae Newton, 1891

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells have a slightlly trapezoid shape with a smooth surface, occaisionally with slight ribbing.

        SIZE:

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 Arcticidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway