Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parent taxon: Faviinae according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also Johnson 1998, López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Colpophyllia, Desmocladia, Grumiphyllia, Indosmilia, Laterophyllia, Manicina, Mussismilia, Nefocoenia, Petrophylliella, Pseudodiploria, Variabilifavia
Subtaxa: Diploria antiguensis Diploria bowersi Diploria clilvosa Diploria dumblei Diploria labyrinthiformis Diploria portoricensis Diploria sarasotana Diploria zambensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (9), Barbados (12), Belize (4), Cayman Islands (24), Colombia (20), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (3), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (19), Panama (11), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (22: Florida), Venezuela (3), Virgin Islands (3), Virgin Islands (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (2), Costa Rica (9), the Dominican Republic (8), Haiti (3), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Haiti (2), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Greece (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (1), Somalia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
• Cretaceous of Sweden (1)
Total: 205 collections including 210 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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