Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, Contraspira, Darendeella, Distefanella, Dubertretia, Durania, Eoradiolites, Favus, Fossulites, Fundinia, Glabrobournonia, Gorjanovicia, Hacobjanella, Horehronia, Jerinella, Joufia, Joufiinae, Katzeria, Kuehnia, Kurtinia, Lapeirousella, 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: Lapeirousia jouanneti Lapeirousia laskarevi Lapeirousia plana Lapeirousia zitteli
Type: Sphaerulites jouanneti
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (3), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Iran (7), Iraq (2), Italy (6), Jordan (1), Oman (1), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (7), Slovenia (1), Spain (14), Turkey (4), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 56 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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