Vaccinites Fischer 1887 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae

Synonym: Tetravaccinites

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Barrettia, Barrettiinae, Caribbea, Hippuritella, Hippuritellinae, Hippurites, Laluzia, Orbignya, Parastroma, Pironaea, Praebarrettia, Praetorreites, Pseudovaccinites, Pseudovaccinitinae, Rhedensia, Tetracionites, Torreites, Torreitinae, Whitfieldiella, Yvaniella, Batolites

Subtaxa: Tetravaccinites collignoni Vaccinites archiaci Vaccinites sulcatus Vaccinites vesiculosus Vaccinites vredenburgi

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Austria (15), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (8), Cuba (5), France (10), Germany (2), Greece (24), Hungary (1), Iran (4), Italy (33), Jamaica (2), Jordan (3), Mexico (14), Oman (11), Romania (5), Serbia and Montenegro (8), Slovenia (3), Somalia (3), Spain (38), Tunisia (2), Turkey (38), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 235 collections including 488 occurrences

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