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 Manicina according to A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson 1999
Sister taxa: Manicina areolata, Manicina grandis, Manicina hydnophoroidea, Manicina jungi, Manicina pliocenica, Manicina puntagordensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is NMB Loc16844 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone/limestone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (7), Panama (6)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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