Mactromyidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Lucinida
- Family: Mactromyidae
Overview
Mactromyidae Cox, 1929
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells have an elongated dome shape. Due to modern relatives, they are thought to also house chemosymbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
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Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)
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.
