Gyrotropidae

Overview

Gyrotropidae Bandel and Dockery, 2012

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The gyrotropidae have thick shells with large whorls, a large opening, and can vary in elaborate ornamentation.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

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

Lirpsa