Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Full reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83
Belongs to Diploria according to A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson 1999
Sister taxa: Diploria antiguensis, Diploria bowersi, Diploria clilvosa, Diploria dumblei, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Diploria portoricensis, Diploria sarasotana
Type specimen: Its type locality is NMB Loc16859 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Miocene/Pliocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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