Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Parent taxon: Hippuritidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Barrettia, Barrettiinae, Caribbea, Hippuritella, Hippuritellinae, Hippurites, Laluzia, Orbignya, Parastroma, Pironaea, Polytorreites, Praebarrettia, Praetorreites, Pseudovaccinites, Pseudovaccinitinae, Rhedensia, Tetracionites, Torreitinae, Vaccinites, Whitfieldiella, Yvaniella, Batolites
Subtaxa: Torreites giganteus Torreites grubici Torreites milovanovici
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cuba (2 collections), Jamaica (2), Mexico (3), North Atlantic (1), Oman (5)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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