Cucullaeidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Arcida
- Family: Cucullaeidae
Overview
Cucullaeidae Stewart, 1930
Common Name: False Ark Shells
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells tend to be thick and are slightly oval in shape sometimes with ridges that run horizontally across the surface.
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Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)
FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder
HABITAT: Epifaunal, Semi-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.
