Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Synonym: Ceriosmilia Schuster 2002
Parent taxon: Faviinae according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also Johnson 1998, Kiessling 2014, López-Pérez 2005, Schuster 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Desmocladia, Diploria, Grumiphyllia, Indosmilia, Laterophyllia, Manicina, Mussismilia, Nefocoenia, Petrophylliella, Pseudodiploria, Variabilifavia
Subtaxa: Colpophyllia amaranthus Colpophyllia applanata Colpophyllia duncani Colpophyllia elegans Colpophyllia inaequalis Colpophyllia iranica Colpophyllia malayica Colpophyllia meandrinoides Colpophyllia mexicanum Colpophyllia multisepta Colpophyllia natans Colpophyllia nicholasi Colpophyllia reagani Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Colpophyllia willoughbiensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (1), Barbados (4), Bermuda (1), Cayman Islands (15), Colombia (11), Costa Rica (23), the Dominican Republic (6), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2), the Netherlands Antilles (14), Panama (10), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), United States (11: Florida), Venezuela (1), Virgin Islands (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (5), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (8), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Malaysia (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), France (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (5), France (2), Greece (3), Iran (1), Italy (13), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 195 collections including 228 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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