Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Parent taxon: Plagioptychidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Steuber 1999
Sister taxa: Coralliochama, Mitrocaprina, Paracaprinula
Subtaxa: Plagioptychus agariciformis Plagioptychus aguilloni Plagioptychus antillarum Plagioptychus fragilis Plagioptychus muellerriedi Plagioptychus tibeticus Plagioptychus toucasianus Plagioptychus trechmanni Plagioptychus zansi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (15), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (2), Cuba (2), Czechia (3), France (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (22), Jamaica (20), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (10), North Atlantic (2), Oman (1), Romania (1), Serbia (3), Spain (17)
Total: 108 collections including 123 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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