Donacidae
Overview
Donacidae Fleming, 1828
Common Name: Bean Clams
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: The donacidae have triangle shaped shells with one side typically more elongated than the other.
SIZE:
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.
