Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parent taxon: Faviina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Cladocoridae, Columastreidae, Diplocteniopsidae, Eugyridae, Faviicae, Heliastraeidae, Isastreidae, Misistellidae, Oculinidae, Pamiroseriidae, Phyllocoeniidae, Placocoeniidae, Placosmiliidae, Stylophyllicae, Tropidastraeidae
Subtaxa: Antilla Aquitanophyllia Circophyllia Cyclomussa Cycloria Faviinae Homophyllia Indomussa Indophyllia Leptomussa Lithodendrum Lithophyllia Matejkia Micromussa Mussinae Palaeomussa Syzygophyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (2), the Bahamas (23), Barbados (29), Belize (9), Bermuda (1), Bonaire (5), Brazil (3), Cayman Islands (42), Colombia (27), Costa Rica (52), Curaçao (55), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (13), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (8), Jamaica (8), Japan (5), Mexico (3), Montserrat (1), New Zealand (6), Panama (30), Pitcairn (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (33: Florida), Venezuela (3), Virgin Islands (3), Virgin Islands (10)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (10), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (5), Costa Rica (20), Curaçao (17), the Dominican Republic (19), Haiti (3), Indonesia (5), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1), United States (5: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Curaçao (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Indonesia (2), Malaysia (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Colombia (6), Curaçao (1), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (31), Egypt (7), France (12), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (12), Iran (7), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (19), Poland (1), Portugal (3), Romania (4), Sint Maarten (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (7), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Türkiye (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (8), France (3), Greece (4), Iran (3), Italy (28), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Mexico (3), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Türkiye (4), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Christmas Island (1), Cote D'Ivoire (2), Croatia (1), Czechia (2), France (3), Germany (1), Hungary (7), Italy (6), Jamaica (2), Mexico (3), Nicaragua (1), Panama (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (5), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California, Washington)
• Paleocene of Egypt (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Serbia (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 741 collections including 1465 occurrences