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Description: | Specimen of a fossil bivalve, Glycymeris glycymeris, collected from the Coralline Crag of Tertiary, Pliocene age from Suffolk (SE England).
This round bivalve has equally sized convex (outward curving) shell. It lived in a vertical position buried in the surface of the sea floor with the pointed ends (umbones) facing to the side. Siphons (tubes) ran from inside the shell to the sea floor and were used to pump water through its body. Glycymeris fed on tiny food particles that it filtered out of the water.
The specimen was found in Suffolk.
It is from the Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Bivalvia Mollusca | Temporal: | Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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