Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Synonyms: Fungia (Verrillofungia) Wells 1966, Verrillofungia Wells 1966
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to A. Gittenberger et al. 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Fungia, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Lithophyllon concinna Lithophyllon priorum Lithophyllon repanda Lithophyllon undulatum
Type: Lithophyllon undulatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (2), Eritrea (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (8), New Caledonia (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Iran (2), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Ukraine (2)
Total: 32 collections including 44 occurrences
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