Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parent taxon: Mussidae according to C. Perrin et al. 1998
See also Chevalier 1961 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Antilla, Aquitanophyllia, Circophyllia, Cyclomussa, Cycloria, Faviinae, Homophyllia, Indomussa, Indophyllia, Leptomussa, Lithodendrum, Matejkia, Micromussa, Mussinae, Palaeomussa, Syzygophyllia
Subtaxa: Lithophyllia detrita Lithophyllia gigas Lithophyllia grandissima Lithophyllia michelotti Lithophyllia patula Lithophyllia robusta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections)
• Miocene of Cyprus (2), Egypt (6), France (8), Indonesia (5), Iran (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Spain (2), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of France (3), Turkey (2)
• Eocene of Spain (1)
Total: 36 collections including 43 occurrences
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