Pholadidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Pholadida
- Family: Pholadidae
Overview
Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
Common Name: Angelwings
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: The pholadidae have elongated or even globular shells with slits. Often with concentric ridges for ornamentation. These clams bore into hard substrates including rock, shells, and wood.
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.
