Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Synonym: Teleiophyllia Duncan 1864
Parent taxon: Faviidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Johnson 1998, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Amphimeandra, Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Aquitanastraea, Barabattoia, Cladocora, Colpophyllia, Columellogyra, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictuophyllia, Dictyoastraea, Diploria, Edwardsastraea, Eohydnophora, Eugyra, Favia, Faviinae, Felixigyra, Grandifavia, Hadrophyllia, Haldonia, Kobyphyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Leptastrea, Liptodendron, Montastreinae, Monticulastraea, Moseleya, Myriophyllia, Oulastrea, Parasimplastrea, Phacellocoenia, Plavecia, Plesiastrea, Pseudisastraea, Pseudomyriophyllia, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Stephanaxocoenia, Tarbellastraea, Thysanus
Subtaxa: Manicina areolata Manicina geisteri Manicina grandis Manicina hydnophoroidea Manicina jungi Manicina pliocenica Manicina puntagordensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Belize (3), Cayman Islands (32), Costa Rica (24), the Dominican Republic (8), Haiti (4), Jamaica (3), Panama (4), United States (5: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (6), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (7), the Dominican Republic (12), Jamaica (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (30), Panama (7)
• Eocene of Slovenia (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 162 collections including 212 occurrences
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