Tancrediidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Cardiida
- Family: Tancrediidae
Overview
Tancrediidae Meek, 1864
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells are small to medium in size and elongated to one side. They are mostly smooth, sometimes with weak ornamentation.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)
FEEDING MODE: Deposit 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.
