Glycymerididae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Arcida
- Family: Glycymerididae
Overview
Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
Common Name: Dog Cockles, Bittersweets
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: The glycymerididae range from almost triangular to almost circular in shape. Shells are heavy with grooves.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile
FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder
HABITAT: Semi-infaunal
Sources:
Cox, L. R. et al. 1969. Bivalvia, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 1224 pp.
