Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1935. Corals from the Cretaceous and Eocene of Jamaica. The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany and geology 10(15):183-194
Belongs to Colpophyllia according to J. W. Wells 1935
Sister taxa: Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia applanata, Colpophyllia elegans, Colpophyllia inaequalis, Colpophyllia iranica, Colpophyllia malayica, Colpophyllia meandrinoides, Colpophyllia mexicanum, Colpophyllia multisepta, Colpophyllia natans, Colpophyllia nicholasi, Colpophyllia reagani, Colpophyllia slavutytschensis, Colpophyllia willoughbiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Mount [Yellow Limestone Gp], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Jamaica (2 collections)
• Eocene of Jamaica (2), Panama (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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