Cyzicidae
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Branchiopoda
- Order: Diplostraca
- Family: Cyzicidae
Overview
Cyzicidae Stebbing, 1910
Common Name: Clam Shrimp
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: They have a very thin oval shell with two halves lke a clam. Shells may have ornamentation and patterns, depending on the species.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)
FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder, Herbivore
HABITAT: epifaunal, infaunal
Sources:
Tasch, P., 1969. Branchiopoda, in Moore, R. C., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 398 pp.
