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What is a rudist?

What is a rudist? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of many box, tube or ring -shaped marine heterodont bivalves from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
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This member contains abundant and diverse mid-Cretaceous shallow-marine invertebrates, including reef corals and rudist bivalves.
The limestone clasts contain rudist fragments and larger foraminifera that indicate erosion from the Campur Formation.
Many rudist species were defined on specimens collected from the El Abra Formation in Mexico, a widespread carbonate platform.
Shell disintegration and taphonomic loss in rudist biostromes.
Most of the rudist species listed by these authors are typical late Albian taxa, but their purported occurrences here require additional study and supportive documentation.
Rudist bivalves from the Cretaceous of the Omani Mountains, United Arab Emirates.

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