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, Praebarrettia, Praetorreites, Pseudovaccinites, Pseudovaccinitinae, Rhedensia, Tetracionites, Torreites, Torreitinae, Vaccinites, Whitfieldiella, Yvaniella, Batolites
Subtaxa: Hippurites canalicatus Hippurites colliciatus Hippurites cornucopiae
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (2), Algeria (2), Austria (5), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (7), Cuba (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (13), Germany (4), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Iran (11), Iraq (2), Italy (64), Jamaica (4), Jordan (4), Mexico (3), Oman (2), Peru (1), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Somalia (2), Spain (47), Tunisia (2), Turkey (26), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 227 collections including 393 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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