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Aporrhaidae

Aporrhaidae

Overview

Aporrhaidae Gray, 1850

Common Name: Pelican's Foot

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The aporrhaidae have a very large lip along the edge of the largest body whorl with spiky projections. This is where it gets its name 'Pelican's Foot'.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Detritivore

        HABITAT: Semi-infaunal

Sources:


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