Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Not homonym Distefanella Cipolla 1992, a bryozoan
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Alencasterites, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Auroradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, Contraspira, Darendeella, Dubertretia, Durania, Eoradiolites, Favus, Fossulites, Fundinia, Glabrobournonia, Gorjanovicia, Guanacastea, Hacobjanella, Horehronia, Huasteca, Jerinella, Joufia, Joufiinae, Katzeria, Kuehnia, Kurtinia, Lapeirousella, Lapeirousia, Lapeirousiinae, Laskarevia, Macgillavryia, Maghrebites, Medeela, Medeella, Milovanovicia, Monopilarites, Neoradiolites, Orestia, Osculigera, Parabournonia, Paronaites, Paronella, Petkovicia, Polsakia, Potosites, Praelapeirousia, Praeradiolites, Pseudopolyconites, Pseudosabinia, Radiolitella, Radiolites, Radiolitinae, Rajka, Robertella, Rosellia, Sauvagesia, Sauvagesiinae, Sphaerulites, Tampsia, Tekirdagia, Thyrastylon, Trechmannites, Vautrinia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Croatia (1 collection), Egypt (1), Guatemala (1), Italy (10), Jamaica (5), the Marshall Islands (1), Montenegro (1), Serbia (1), Türkiye (10), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 33 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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