Plagioptychus Matheron 1842 (rudist)

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

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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

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