Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
possibly includes Klinghardtites Lupu, 1971, Balabania Karacabey-Öztemür, 1980, Hatayia Karacabey-Öztemür and Selçuk, 1981, and Branislavia Sladić-Trifunović, 1981, fide Özer, in prep.
Synonyms: Balabania, Branislavia , Hatayia Karacabey-Öztemür and Selcuk 1981, Klinghardtites
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Kiessling 2004, Ozer 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Contraspira, Darendeella, Distefanella, Dubertretia, Durania, Eoradiolites, Favus, Fossulites, Fundinia, Glabrobournonia, Gorjanovicia, Hacobjanella, Horehronia, Jerinella, Joufia, Joufiinae, Katzeria, Kuehnia, Kurtinia, Lapeirousella, Lapeirousia, Lapeirousiinae, Laskarevia, Macgillavryia, Maghrebites, Medeela, Medeella, Milovanovicia, Monopilarites, Neoradiolites, Orestia, Osculigera, Parabournonia, Paronaites, Paronella, Petkovicia, Polsakia, Potosites, Praelapeirousia, Praeradiolites, Pseudopolyconites, Pseudosabinia, Radiolitella, Radiolites, Radiolitinae, Rajka, Robertella, Rosellia, Sauvagesia, Sauvagesiinae, Sphaerulites, Tampsia, Tekirdagia, Thyrastylon, Vautrinia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Iran (3), Jamaica (1), Oman (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Turkey (6)
Total: 14 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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