Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Synonyms: Batolitidae Yanin 1989, Pironaeidae Yanin 1989
Parent taxon: Radiolitoidea according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Caprinulidae, Caprotinidae, Diceratidae, Monopleuridae, Plagioptychidae, Polyconitidae, Radiolitidae, Rousselia, Trechmannellidae
Subtaxa: Barrettia Barrettiinae Batolites Caribbea Hippuritella Hippuritellinae Hippurites Laluzia Orbignya Parastroma Pironaea Polytorreites Praebarrettia Praetorreites Pseudovaccinites Pseudovaccinitinae Rhedensia Tetracionites Torreites Torreitinae Vaccinites Whitfieldiella Yvaniella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (2), Algeria (3), Austria (18), Bulgaria (2), Costa Rica (6), Croatia (12), Cuba (2), Czechia (1), France (19), Germany (5), Greece (28), Hungary (1), Iran (12), Iraq (2), Italy (76), Jamaica (24), Jordan (4), Mexico (28), Montenegro (1), the Netherlands (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (14), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (7), Serbia (11), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (7), Somalia (4), Spain (69), Tunisia (4), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (52), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (2: California, Puerto Rico)
Total: 429 collections including 1205 occurrences