Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26
Parent taxon: Mussidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Antilla, Aquitanophyllia, Circophyllia, Cycloria, Faviinae, Homophyllia, Indomussa, Indophyllia, Leptomussa, Lithodendrum, Lithophyllia, Matejkia, Micromussa, Mussinae, Palaeomussa, Syzygophyllia
Subtaxa: Cyclomussa carryensis Cyclomussa concinna
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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