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Crassatellidae

Crassatellidae

Overview

Crassatellidae Férussac, 1822

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are rounded along the front, but some may be more trigonal in shape. Ornamentation may range from smooth to slight ribbing.

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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 Crassatellidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway