Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae

Alternative combination: Hippurites cornupastoris

Synonyms: Biradiolites cornupastoris Des Moulins 1850, Durania arnaudi Choffat 1891

Belongs to Durania according to S. Oezer and A. -S. El‐Sorogy 2017

See also Cestari and Laviano 2012 and Salama and Oezer 2019

Sister taxa: Durania acuticostata, Durania californica, Durania gaensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (1), Egypt (6), France (6), Italy (20), Jordan (3), Mexico (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (3)

Total: 44 collections including 48 occurrences

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