Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Synonym: Rethidae Yanin 1989
Parent taxon: Caprinoidea according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Alencaster and Pantoja-Alor 1996, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Antillocaprinidae, Caprinuloideidae, Ichthyosarcolitidae, Ichtyosarcolidae
Subtaxa: Caprina Caprininae Caprinuloideinae Kipia Lithocalamus Offneria Orthoptychus Pachytraga Pacificaprina Praecaprina Pseudocaprina Sabinia Schiosia Sphaerucaprina
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), China (1), Croatia (2), Cuba (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (4), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Italy (34), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Mexico (12), North Pacific (1), Oman (8), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (14), Tunisia (2), Turkey (6), United States (17: Alabama, Arizona, California, Texas)
Total: 122 collections including 198 occurrences