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Inoceramidae

Inoceramidae

Overview

Inoceramidae Giebel, 1852

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Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are elongated and almost all inoceramids are smooth, but with various shapes. Due to their abundance during the Late Cretaceous, they likely were an important food source for many Western Interior Seaway creatures.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Stationary

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

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 Inoceramidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway