Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Parent taxon: Monopleuridae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Palmer 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Araeopleura, Arnaudia, Artigesia, Bicornucopina, Debrunia, Glossomyophorus, Gyropleura, Mathesia, Paramonopleura, Petalodontia, Pseudopetalodontia, Simacia
Subtaxa: Monopleura falgasi Monopleura figolina Monopleura salazari
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), France (5), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Portugal (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (12), Switzerland (3), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Arizona, Texas)
Total: 38 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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