Plagioptychus Matheron 1842 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Steuber 1999

Sister taxa: Coralliochama, Mitrocaprina, Paracaprinula

Subtaxa: Plagioptychus aguilloni

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Type: Plagioptychus aguilloni

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (15), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (2), Cuba (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (21), Jamaica (17), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (3), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (17)

Total: 92 collections including 102 occurrences

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