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Hiatellidae

Hiatellidae

Overview

Hiatellidae Gray, 1824

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shell is thin and has a trapezoidal shape. These clams burrow into intertidal sandy or muddy areas and use a 'siphon' to reach the sediment surface to filter water and breathe.

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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 Hiatellidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway