Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to lamarck 1801
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Fungia (Verrillofungia) Fungia actinodiscus Fungia borneensis Fungia concinna Fungia decipiens Fungia fralinae Fungia fungites Fungia granulosa Fungia halophila Fungia inaequicostata Fungia klunzingeri Fungia laevis Fungia moluccensis Fungia proechinata Fungia pseudoechinata Fungia scabra Fungia uniformis Fungia valida
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), China (1), Cook Islands (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (19), Eritrea (3), Indonesia (5), Japan (7), Malaysia (1), New Caledonia (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Saudi Arabia (12), the Seychelles (3), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (17), Japan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), United States (1: Hawaii)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (7), Malaysia (2), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 111 collections including 156 occurrences
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