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Hippuritidae

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae

Taxonomy

Hippuritidae was named by Gray (1848) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5026].

It was assigned to Hippuritacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980); to Hippuritoidea by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Radiolitoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Skelton (2013).

Synonyms

Batolitidae was named by Yanin (1989). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hippuritidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Hippuritoidea by Nevesskaja (2009).
Pironaeidae was named by Yanin (1989). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hippuritidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Hippuritoidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Hippuritidae Gray
1965	Hippuritidae Newell p. 19
1980	Hippuritidae Vokes p. 197
1989	Batolitidae Yanin
1989	Pironaeidae Yanin
2009	Batolitidae Nevesskaja
2009	Hippuritidae Nevesskaja
2009	Pironaeidae Nevesskaja
2010	Hippuritidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Hippuritidae Carter et al. p. 15
2013	Hippuritidae Skelton

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida	()
suborder	Radiolitidina
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Hippuritidae	Gray 1848
family	Hippuritidae	Gray 1848

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Hippuritidae Gray 1848

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G. †Barrettia Woodward 1862

†Barrettia ruseae Chubb 1967

†Barrettia sparcilirata Whitfield 1897

G. †Caribbea Grubic 2004

†Caribbea muellerriedi Vermunt 1937

Invalid names: Hippurites perkinsi Myers 1968 [synonym]

G. †Hippuritella Douvillé 1908

†Hippuritella lapeirousei Goldfuss 1840

Invalid names: Hippurites espaillaci d'Orbigny 1847 [synonym], Hippurites espaillaciana d'Orbigny 1842 [synonym], Hippurites radiosus Desmoulins 1857 [synonym], Radiolites paillonica Leymerie 1878 [synonym]

G. †Hippurites Lamarck 1801

†Hippurites canalicatus Roquand 1841

Invalid names: Hippurites crassicostatus Douvillé 1893 [synonym], Hippurites striatus Defrance 1821 [synonym]

†Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855

†Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance 1821

†Hippurites gosaviensis Douvillé 1891

G. †Laluzia Götz and Mitchell 2009

†Laluzia armini Götz and Mitchell 2009

†Laluzia peruviana Gerth 1928

Invalid names: Gloria vermunti Grubic 2004 [synonym]

G. †Orbignya

G. †Parastroma Douvillé 1926

†Parastroma guitarti Palmer 1933

G. †Pironaea Meneghini 1868

†Pironaea polystylus Pirona 1868

†Pironaea slavonica Hilber 1902

G. †Praebarrettia Trechmann 1924

G. †Praetorreites Philip and Platel 1994

G. †Pseudovaccinites Sénesse 1946

G. †Rhedensia

G. †Tetracionites Astre 1931

G. †Torreites Palmer 1933

†Torreites giganteus Philip and Platel 1998

†Torreites grubici Philip and Platel 1998

†Torreites milovanovici Grubic 1979

G. †Vaccinites Fischer 1887

†Vaccinites archiaci Munier-Chalmas 1892

Invalid names: Hippurites sulcatus Defrance 1895 [synonym], Vaccinites cornuvaccium Bronn 1984 [synonym], Vaccinites praeespagnicus Pamouktchiev 1979 [synonym]

†Vaccinites sulcatus Defrance 1821

†Vaccinites vesiculosus Woodward 1855

†Vaccinites vredenburgi Kuehn 1932

Invalid names: Tetravaccinites [synonym]

G. †Whitfieldiella Mitchell 2010

G. †Yvaniella Milovanovic 1938

Invalid names: Barrettiinae Chubb 1971 [empty], Batolitidae Yanin 1989 [synonym], Hippuritellinae Bilotte 1982 [empty], Pironaeidae Yanin 1989 [synonym], Pseudovaccinitinae Bilotte 1982 [empty], Torreitinae Grubic 1979 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Grouping:

gregariousf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

semi-infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

thick aragonitic layer, but calcite nearly as significantf

Created:

2007-09-07 07:00:32

Modified:

2007-09-26 09:51:27

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (428 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Cretaceous	143.1 - 66.0	Serbia	Pironaea polystylus (242153)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico (Guerrero)	Vaccinites macgillavryi (221326)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Afghanistan (Takhar)	Hippurites sp. (78084)
Cenomanian - Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Afghanistan (Takhar)	Hippurites sp. (78088)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Mexico (Guerrero)	Vaccinites macgillavryi (221327)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Serbia	Batolites organisans, Hippurites gosaviensis (242148)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Jamaica	Hippuritella maldonensis (221386)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Slovenia	Pironaea buseri (221356)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Mexico (San Luis Potosi)	Vaccinites macgillavyri (221319) Vaccinites sp. (221322)
Senonian	100.5 - 66.0	Italy	Hippurites lapeirousei (73470)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Oman	Hippurites nabresinensis, Pironaea corrugata, Pironaea praeslavonica, Torreites sanchezi, Vaccinites braciensis, Vaccinites loftusii, Vaccinites oppeli, Hippurites cornucopiae, Vaccinites vesiculosus (1381) Hippurites sp. (151616)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Iran	Hippurites cornucopiae (1383) Hippurites morgani, Hippurites cornucopiae (87113) Vaccinites vesiculosus (225730)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Peru	Hippurites pacifica (1336)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Cuba	Barrettia monilifera, Barrettia multilirata, Hippurites muellerriedi, Parastroma sanchezi, Praebarrettia sp., Praebarrettia porosa, Praebarrettia sparcilirata, Torreites sanchezi, Parastroma guitarti (73287)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Greece	Hippuritella lapeirousei (64302) Hippurites cornucopiae, Hippuritella lapeirousei (64300)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (St. James)	Hippurites mullerriedi (162540) Hippurites mullerriedi, Hippurites maldonensis (162541)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Montenegro	Hippuritella cornucopiae, Pironaea slavonica, Hippuritella lapeirousei (74562)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Italy	Hippuritella heritschi, Pironaea polystyla, Vaccinites conicus, Vaccinites ultimus, Vaccinites cornuvaccinum, Hippurites cornucopiae (1346) Hippurites heritschi, Vaccinites ultimus, Hippurites cornucopiae (74623)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Bulgaria	Hippuritella bulgaria, Hippuritella variabilis, Hippurites nabresinensis, Hippurites tzankovi, Pironaea bacevicensis, Pironaea milovanici, Pironaea postdalmatinica, Pironaea praeslavonica, Pironaea signumpraeverta, Vaccinites atheniensis, Vaccinites loftusii, Hippurites colliciatus, Pironaea slavonica (1332)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	France	Hippuritella castroi, Hippurites lamarcki, Hippuritella lapeirousei, Hippurites radiosus (1328) Hippurites lamarcki, Hippurites agustinensis, Hippuritella lapeirousei, Hippurites radiosus (1327)