Corbiculidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Venerida
- Family: Corbiculidae
Overview
Corbiculidae Lamarck, 1819
Common Name: Basket Clams
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells are rounded oval to triagonally shaped. Shell ornamentation often has weak concentric ribbing. Environments range from fresh, brackish, to marine.
SIZE:
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.
