Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Synonyms: Batolitidae Yanin 1989, Pironaeidae Yanin 1989
Parent taxon: Radiolitoidea according to P. W. Skelton 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Caprinulidae, Caprotinidae, Diceratidae, Monopleuridae, Plagioptychidae, Polyconitidae, Radiolitidae, Rousselia, Trechmannellidae
Subtaxa: Barrettia Barrettiinae Batolites Caribbea Hippuritella Hippuritellinae Hippurites Laluzia Orbignya Parastroma Pironaea Praebarrettia Praetorreites Pseudovaccinites Pseudovaccinitinae Rhedensia Tetracionites Torreites Torreitinae Vaccinites Whitfieldiella Yvaniella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (2), Algeria (3), Austria (18), Bulgaria (2), Costa Rica (6), Croatia (12), Cuba (5), the Czech Republic (1), France (19), Germany (5), Greece (28), Hungary (1), Iran (12), Iraq (2), Italy (76), Jamaica (24), Jordan (4), Mexico (28), the Netherlands (1), Oman (14), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (6), Serbia and Montenegro (10), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (7), Somalia (4), Spain (65), Tunisia (4), Turkey (52), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (1: California)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
Total: 424 collections including 1211 occurrences