Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Synonym: Ghirobocyathus Barta-Calmus 1969
Parent taxon: Mussidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2008, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antilla, Aquitanophyllia, Cyclomussa, Cycloria, Faviinae, Homophyllia, Indomussa, Indophyllia, Leptomussa, Lithodendrum, Lithophyllia, Matejkia, Micromussa, Mussinae, Palaeomussa, Syzygophyllia
Subtaxa: Circophyllia costata Circophyllia farquharsoni Circophyllia gibba Circophyllia hantkeni Circophyllia truncata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Somalia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (2), Croatia (1), France (3), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 16 collections including 23 occurrences
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