Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Parent taxon: Hippuritidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Barrettia, Barrettiinae, Caribbea, Hippuritella, Hippuritellinae, Laluzia, Orbignya, Parastroma, Pironaea, Polytorreites, Praebarrettia, Praetorreites, Pseudovaccinites, Pseudovaccinitinae, Rhedensia, Tetracionites, Torreites, Torreitinae, Vaccinites, Whitfieldiella, Yvaniella, Batolites
Subtaxa: Hippurites canalicatus Hippurites colliciatus Hippurites cornucopiae Hippurites gosaviensis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (2), Algeria (2), Austria (5), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (7), Cuba (1), Czechia (1), France (13), Germany (4), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Iran (11), Iraq (2), Italy (64), Jamaica (4), Jordan (4), Mexico (3), North Atlantic (1), Oman (2), Peru (1), Romania (3), Serbia (5), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Somalia (2), Spain (50), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (26), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 231 collections including 392 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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