Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Palmer 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Skelton 2013 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Alencasterites, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Auroradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, Contraspira, Darendeella, Distefanella, 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, Radiolitinae, Rajka, Robertella, Rosellia, Sauvagesia, Sauvagesiinae, Sphaerulites, Tampsia, Tekirdagia, Thyrastylon, Trechmannites, Vautrinia
Subtaxa: Radiolites acutocostata Radiolites austinensis Radiolites carsicus Radiolites dario Radiolites inflata Radiolites lusitanicus Radiolites macroplicatus Radiolites perforata Radiolites praegalloprovincialis Radiolites robusta Radiolites sauvagesi Radiolites spongicola Radiolites subangeiodes
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (2 collections), Algeria (1), Austria (3), Bulgaria (1), Costa Rica (1), Croatia (10), Cuba (1), Czechia (4), Egypt (9), France (15), Germany (6), Greece (10), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (55), Jamaica (4), Mexico (23), Montenegro (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Romania (4), Serbia (8), Slovenia (4), Spain (27), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (3), United States (10: Alabama, Arizona)
Total: 216 collections including 358 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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