Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinulidae
Parent taxon: Radiolitoidea according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxa: Caprotinidae, Diceratidae, Hippuritidae, Monopleuridae, Plagioptychidae, Polyconitidae, Radiolitidae, Rousselia, Trechmannellidae
Subtaxa: Caprinula Caprotina Himeraelites Neocaprina Sellaea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Croatia (2 collections), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (5), France (3), Greece (2), Italy (13), Jordan (4), Mexico (1), Oman (2), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (4), Turkey (3), USSR (1), United States (2: New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 51 collections including 69 occurrences