Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, Contraspira, Darendeella, Distefanella, Dubertretia, Eoradiolites, Favus, Fossulites, Fundinia, Glabrobournonia, Gorjanovicia, Hacobjanella, Horehronia, 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, Vautrinia
Subtaxa: Durania acuticostata Durania californica Durania cornupastoris Durania gaensis
Type: Durania ehrenbergi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), Algeria (1), Austria (1), Croatia (3), Cuba (3), Egypt (9), France (7), Germany (1), Greece (6), Iran (1), Italy (74), Jamaica (2), Jordan (4), Mexico (8), Oman (8), Peru (1), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Turkey (11), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (12: California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 163 collections including 206 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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