†Gyropleura Douvillé 1887 (rudist)
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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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