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Limopsidae

Limopsidae

Overview

Limopsidae Dall, 1895

Common Name: False Ark Shells

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are slightly oval in shape with a smooth surface. They use byssal threads to attach themselves to the sea floor and tend to be found in deep environments.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Stationary 

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

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 Limopsidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway