Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Synonyms: Chiapasellidae Alencaster 1971, Duraniidae Yanin 1989, Osculigeridae Yanin 1989
Parent taxon: Radiolitoidea according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Fenerci-Masse et al. 2006, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Sanders 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Caprinulidae, Caprotinidae, Diceratidae, Hippuritidae, Monopleuridae, Plagioptychidae, Polyconitidae, Rousselia, Trechmannellidae
Subtaxa: 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 Radiolites Radiolitinae Rajka Robertella Rosellia Sauvagesia Sauvagesiinae Sphaerulites Tampsia Tekirdagia Thyrastylon Vautrinia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4 collections), Albania (2), Algeria (3), Austria (10), Bulgaria (2), Chile (5), China (4), Costa Rica (5), Croatia (20), Cuba (4), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (57), France (34), Germany (9), Greece (25), Guatemala (5), Hungary (4), India (1), Iran (15), Iraq (3), Israel (1), Italy (143), Jamaica (122), Jordan (9), Lebanon (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (46), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (14), Pakistan (1), Peru (6), Portugal (4), Romania (11), Saudi Arabia (3), Serbia and Montenegro (17), Slovenia (29), Somalia (4), Spain (73), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (6), Turkey (39), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (26: Alabama, Arizona, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 779 collections including 2456 occurrences