Oxytomidae

Overview

Oxtomidae Ichikawa, 1958

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shell shapes range from oval, circular, to elongated. Ornamentation can vary with notches, grooves, and ribbing.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        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 Oxytomidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway

Oxytoma