Synonyms: Adelopneustes Gauthier 1889, Echinoconus d'Orbigny 1854
Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432
Parent taxon: Holectypoida according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Sanchez Roig 1926, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Anorthopygidae, Coenholectypidae, Conoclypina, Discoididae, Duperieria, Echinogalerus, Holectypidae, Holectypina, Neoglobator
Subtaxa: Adelopneustes akkajensis Adelopneustes boehmi Adelopneustes ernsti Adelopneustes montainvillensis Echinoconus rothomagensis Galerites abbreviata Galerites albogalerus Galerites bargesanus Galerites castanea Galerites elliptica Galerites globulus Galerites laevis Galerites oregonensis Galerites subrotunda Galerites vulgaris
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (5), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (7), Serbia (1)
Total: 22 collections including 35 occurrences
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