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

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	Afghanistan (Takhar)	Hippurites sp. (78084)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico (Guerrero)	Vaccinites macgillavryi (221326)
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	Slovenia	Pironaea buseri (221356)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Mexico (San Luis Potosi)	Vaccinites macgillavyri (221319) Vaccinites sp. (221322)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Serbia	Batolites organisans, Hippurites gosaviensis (242148)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Jamaica	Hippuritella maldonensis (221386)
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	Afghanistan	Hippurites vlasovi (1387)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	North Atlantic	Barrettia monilifera, Barrettia porosa, Barrettia gigas, Barrettia multilirata, Hippurites muellerriedi, Hippurites ceibarum, Hippurites maldonensis, Parastroma trechmanni, Praebarrettia corrali, Praebarrettia sparcilirata, Torreites tschoppsi, Torreites sanchezi, Vaccinites macgillavryi, Parastroma guitarti (1374)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon)	Praebarrettia sparcilirata (161360 161361 161362)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico (Chiapas)	Barrettia monilifera, Barrettia multilirata, Barrettia gigas, Praebarrettia sparcilirata (1373)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Somalia	Hippuritella toucasi, Hippurites cornucopiae (74509) Hippurites somalicus, Vaccinites sp., Hippurites cornucopiae, Hippurites radiosus (1399)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Serbia	Hippuritella cornucopiae, Hippuritella variabilis, Hippuritella colliciatus, Hippurites heritschi, Hippurites lamarcki, Hippurites nabresinensis, Hippurites tetractionitiformis, Pironaea milovanovici, Pironaea petkovici, Pironaea branislavi, Pironaea praeslavonica, Pironaea timacensis, Pironaea transitoria, Pironaea corrugata, Vaccinites ultimus, Vaccinites loftusi, Vaccinites orientalis, Vaccinites bacevicensis, Vaccinites oppeli, Yvaniella maestrichtiensis, Hippuritella lapeirousei (74558) Hippurites braciensis, Vaccinites conicus, Vaccinites sp. (1319) Pironaea fruscagorensis (1380)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Iraq	Hippurites cornucopiae (221678 221679)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Iran (Isfahan)	Hippurites cornucopiae (162599 162600 162601 162602 162608 162609) Vaccinites sp., Hippurites cornucopiae, Vaccinites vesiculosus (162606 162607) Vaccinites sp., Vaccinites inaequicostatus, Hippurites cornucopiae (162598)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico	Hippurites muellerriedi, Hippurites ceibarum (38870) Hippurites perkinsi (38869)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain	Hippuritella castroi, Hippurites agustinensis, Hippurites lamarcki, Hippurites serratus, Hippuritella lapeirousei, Hippurites radiosus (1317) Hippuritella sp., Hippurites sp., Pironaea sp., Vaccinites sp. (1378)