Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Palmer 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Skelton 2013 and Steuber 2002
Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, 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, Radiolitinae, Rajka, Robertella, Rosellia, Sauvagesia, Sauvagesiinae, Sphaerulites, Tampsia, Tekirdagia, Thyrastylon, Vautrinia
Subtaxa: Radiolites acutocostata Radiolites carsicus Radiolites dario Radiolites inflata Radiolites macroplicatus Radiolites perforata Radiolites praegalloprovincialis Radiolites robusta Radiolites sauvagesi Radiolites spongicola
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (2 collections), Algeria (1), Austria (3), Bulgaria (1), Costa Rica (1), Croatia (10), Cuba (2), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (9), France (15), Germany (6), Greece (10), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (55), Jamaica (3), Mexico (23), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Romania (4), Serbia and Montenegro (7), Slovenia (4), Spain (24), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), United States (3: Arizona)
Total: 203 collections including 341 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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