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Cardiidae

Cardiidae

Overview

Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809

Common Name: Cockles

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are rounded and vary in the amount and pattern of ribbing. They tend to prefer sandy habitats.

        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.

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