Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Synonym: Tetravaccinites
Parent taxon: Hippuritidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Barrettia, Barrettiinae, Caribbea, Hippuritella, Hippuritellinae, Hippurites, Laluzia, Orbignya, Parastroma, Pironaea, Praebarrettia, Praetorreites, Pseudovaccinites, Pseudovaccinitinae, Rhedensia, Tetracionites, Torreites, Torreitinae, Whitfieldiella, Yvaniella, Batolites
Subtaxa: Tetravaccinites collignoni Vaccinites archiaci Vaccinites sulcatus Vaccinites vesiculosus Vaccinites vredenburgi
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Austria (15), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (8), Cuba (5), France (10), Germany (2), Greece (24), Hungary (1), Iran (4), Italy (33), Jamaica (2), Jordan (3), Mexico (14), Oman (11), Romania (5), Serbia and Montenegro (8), Slovenia (3), Somalia (3), Spain (40), Tunisia (2), Turkey (38), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 237 collections including 491 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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