Gyropleura Douvillé 1887 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Araeopleura, Arnaudia, Artigesia, Bicornucopina, Debrunia, Glossomyophorus, Mathesia, Monopleura, Paramonopleura, Petalodontia, Pseudopetalodontia, Simacia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), Denmark (3), France (1), Germany (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (8), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

Total: 21 collections including 26 occurrences

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