†superfamily Requienioidea Douvillé 1914 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida

Parent taxon: Requieniidina according to P. W. Skelton 2013

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Epidiceratidae Requieniidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Albania (1), Algeria (1), Angola (1), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (7), France (8), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (5), Iran (3), Iraq (1), Italy (24), Japan (2), Jordan (3), Mexico (10), Morocco (1), North Pacific (1), Oman (1), Portugal (9), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (29), Somalia (2), Spain (27), Switzerland (1), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (12: Arizona, Texas), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)

• Jurassic of France (4), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Poland (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (1)

Total: 184 collections including 250 occurrences

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