Radiolites Lamarck 1801 (rudist)

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

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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

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