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Pollicidae

Pollicidae

Overview

Pollicidae Stephenson, 1953

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Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The pollicidae have elongated, plump shells.

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Paleoecology: 

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        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 Pollicidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway