Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Synonyms: Tubinacis Quenstedt 1880, Turbinacis Quenstedt 1880
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Turbinaria crater Turbinaria cyathiformis Turbinaria durhami Turbinaria frondens Turbinaria grandis Turbinaria irregularis Turbinaria jacksoni Turbinaria mesenterina Turbinaria radicalis Turbinaria reniformis Turbinaria sitaensis Turbinaria stellulata Turbinaria tenuis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections), Egypt (3), Japan (12), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (4), North Pacific (1), Pakistan (1), Palau (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Fiji (3), France (10), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (1), Tanzania (1), Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Greece (1), Iran (1), Malta (3), Mexico (1), Somalia (1)
Total: 79 collections including 92 occurrences
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