Caprinula Orbigny 1847 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinulidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Palmer 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002

Sister taxa: Caprotina, Himeraelites, Neocaprina, Sellaea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Italy (4), Jordan (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), North Atlantic (1), Portugal (1), Slovenia (1)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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