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Bakevelliidae

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.


Genera of Bakevelliidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway