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Astartidae

Astartidae

Overview

Astartidae d'Orbigny, 1844

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Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The astartidae have triangle shaped shells with concentric ribbing although sometimes smooth.

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Paleoecology: 

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        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 Astartidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway