Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Synonyms: Isiphyllastrea Matthai 1928, Isophyllastrea Matthai 1928
Parent taxon: Mussinae according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also Chevalier 1961, Kiessling 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Mussa, Mycetophyllia, Scolymia
Subtaxa: Isophyllia desotoensis Isophyllia rigida Isophyllia rosacea Isophyllia sinuosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (5 collections), Barbados (2), Cayman Islands (17), Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Panama (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Panama (1), Portugal (3)
Total: 47 collections including 53 occurrences
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