Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Synonym: Reptolunites
Parent taxon: Lunulitidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Holmes 1860, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Discoflustrellaria, Luganella, Oligotresium, Pavolunulites, Volviflustrellaria
Subtaxa: Lunulites adunca Lunulites canaliculata Lunulites capulus Lunulites conulus Lunulites cretacea Lunulites foveolata Lunulites immensa Lunulites ligulata Lunulites microstoma Lunulites parvicella Lunulites patens Lunulites pseudocretacea Lunulites radiata Lunulites rutella Lunulites vespertilio
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4)
• Miocene of Brazil (9), France (1), Germany (32), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (6)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (25: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Denmark (22), France (1), Germany (9), North Atlantic (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 125 collections including 167 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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