Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Alternative spellings: Mussisiilia, Mussisilia
Parent taxon: Faviinae according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also Kiessling 2008, Perrin 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Colpophyllia, Desmocladia, Diploria, Grumiphyllia, Indosmilia, Laterophyllia, Manicina, Nefocoenia, Petrophylliella, Pseudodiploria, Variabilifavia
Subtaxa: Mussismilia braziliensis Mussismilia harttii Mussismilia hispida Mussismilia provincialis Mussismilia vindobonensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Costa Rica (2), Panama (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Egypt (3), France (4), Panama (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (6), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of France (2), Turkey (2)
Total: 37 collections including 43 occurrences
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