Parallelodontidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Arcida
- Family: Parallelodontidae
Overview
Parallelodontidae Dall, 1898
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells are elongated with vertical ridges.
SIZE:
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.
