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Cuspidariidae

Cuspidariidae

Overview

Cuspidariidae Dall, 1886

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The cuspidariidae have oval shells with a beak-like projection, referred to as being rostrate.

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Paleoecology: 

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Carnivorre

        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 Cuspidariidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway