Apricardia Guéranger 1853 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae

Parent taxon: Requieniinae according to P. W. Skelton 2013

See also Palmer 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002

Sister taxa: Bayleia, Bayleoidea, Pseudotoucasia, Requienia, Toucasia

Subtaxa: Apricardia asymmetrica Apricardia chavesi Apricardia manuelae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (3), Italy (20), Jordan (3), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (25), Somalia (2), Spain (10), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 71 collections including 77 occurrences

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