Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parent taxon: Mussidae according to A. F. Budd and F. R. Bosellini 2016
See also Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Antilla, Aquitanophyllia, Circophyllia, Cyclomussa, Cycloria, Homophyllia, Indomussa, Indophyllia, Leptomussa, Lithodendrum, Lithophyllia, Matejkia, Micromussa, Mussinae, Palaeomussa, Syzygophyllia
Subtaxa: Colpophyllia Desmocladia Diploria Grumiphyllia Indosmilia Laterophyllia Manicina Mussismilia Nefocoenia Petrophylliella Pseudodiploria Variabilifavia
Type: Favia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (22), Barbados (29), Belize (9), Bermuda (1), Brazil (3), Cayman Islands (42), Colombia (27), Costa Rica (43), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (12), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (8), Jamaica (8), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (59), Panama (27), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (33: Florida), Venezuela (3), Virgin Islands (3), Virgin Islands (10)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (10), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (4), Costa Rica (18), the Dominican Republic (18), Haiti (3), Jamaica (2), the Netherlands Antilles (17), United States (5: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6), Malaysia (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Colombia (6), the Dominican Republic (31), Egypt (3), France (4), Haiti (2), Indonesia (9), Iran (4), Italy (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (13), Slovenia (1), Spain (6), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (7), France (2), Greece (4), Iran (1), Italy (22), Jamaica (2), Mexico (3), Puerto Rico (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Turkey (2), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Paleocene of Egypt (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Sweden (1), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 604 collections including 1073 occurrences