Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Alternative combination: Manicina willoughbiensis
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
Belongs to Colpophyllia according to S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim 1974
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (5 collections)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (5), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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