Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Alternative combinations: Caryophyllia grumi, Cricocyathus grumi, Petrophylliella grumi
Synonyms: Circophyllia annulata Reuss 1868, Cricocyathus annulatus Reuss 1868, Cyathophyllia annulata Reuss 1868, Leptaxis elliptica Reuss 1868, Vivesastraea villattae Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
Belongs to Pattalophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Frost 1981, Kolosvary 1956, Pfister 1980, Reuss 1868 and Schuster 2002
Sister taxa: Pattalophyllia costata, Pattalophyllia dalmatina, Pattalophyllia gnatae, Pattalophyllia nosvaiensis, Pattalophyllia sinuosa, Pattalophyllia subinflata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Iran (2 collections), Italy (7)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Mexico (1), Spain (2)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (3)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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