†Plagioptychus Matheron 1842 (rudist)
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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
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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