Bakevelliidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Ostreida
- Family: Bakevelliidae
Overview
Bakevelliidae King, 1850
Common Name: Oyster
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells come in a variety of elongated, trapezoid, rhombus, irregular shapes. They attach themselves to the substrate and can live in both marine and brackish environments.
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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.
