Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Synonym: Reptolunites
Parent taxon: Lunulitidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Holmes 1860, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Discoflustrellaria, Discoradius, Luganella, Oligotresium, Pavolunulites, Trochopora
Subtaxa: Lunulites adunca Lunulites canaliculata Lunulites capulus Lunulites conulus Lunulites cretacea Lunulites foveolata Lunulites immensa Lunulites ligulata Lunulites microstoma Lunulites parvicella Lunulites patens Lunulites pseudocretacea Lunulites radiata Lunulites vespertilio
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (9), France (1), Germany (32), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (6)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (25: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Denmark (23), France (1), Germany (8), North Atlantic (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 123 collections including 164 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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