Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parent taxon: Mussinae according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Isophyllia, Mussa, Scolymia
Subtaxa: Mycetophyllia aliciae Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Mycetophyllia danaana Mycetophyllia ferox Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Mycetophyllia multistellata Mycetophyllia reesi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Cayman Islands (15), Costa Rica (27), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (10), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Panama (5), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), Mexico (2), Türkiye (4)
• Eocene of Hungary (2)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (3)
Total: 80 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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