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Laternulidae

Laternulidae

Overview

Laternulidae Hedley, 1918

Common Name: Lantern Clams

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: The laternulidae have elongated shells with a slightly protruding umbo.

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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.


Genera of Laternulidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway