Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Favia valenciennesii, Montastrea valenciennesii, Phymastrea valenciennesii
Belongs to Favites according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Kiessling et al. 2011 and Yabe et al. 1936
Sister taxa: Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites ambigua, Favites autignacensis, Favites borneensis, Favites carryensis, Favites chinensis, Favites complanata, Favites crassiseptata, Favites densisepta, Favites detecta, Favites flexuosa, Favites gabbi, Favites halicora, Favites inaequiseptata, Favites macrocalyx, Favites magnificata, Favites magnistellata, Favites mexicana, Favites micropentagona, Favites mimbastensis, Favites neglecta, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Favites oligocenica, Favites pauciseptata, Favites pentagona, Favites polygonalis, Favites rhomboidea, Favites rotundata, Favites spinosa, Favites stylifera, Favites taruensis, Favites tesserifera, Favites verbeeki, Favites yamanarii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (6 collections), Papua New Guinea (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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