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Faviinae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Faviinae Gregory
1956Faviinae Wells
2016Faviinae Budd and Bosellini p. 776

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Faviinae Gregory 1900
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G. Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Colpophyllia applanata Gerth 1923
†Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
†Colpophyllia elegans Budd et al. 1992
†Colpophyllia iranica Schuster 2002
†Colpophyllia malayica Gerth 1923
†Colpophyllia meandrinoides Michelin 1842
†Colpophyllia mexicanum Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772
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Invalid names: Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
†Colpophyllia nicholasi Squires and Demetrion 1992
†Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
†Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Kuzmicheva 1987
Invalid names: Ceriosmilia Schuster 2002 [synonym]
G. †Desmocladia Reuss 1874
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†Desmocladia septifera Reuss 1874
G. Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Diploria antiguensis Vaughn 1919
†Diploria bowersi Vaughan 1917
Diploria clilvosa Ellis and Solander 1768
†Diploria dumblei Vaughan 1919
†Diploria portoricensis Vaughan 1919
†Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974
†Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999
G. †Grumiphyllia Wells 1937
G. †Indosmilia Gerth 1933
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†Indosmilia bantamensis Yabe and Eguchi 1941
†Indosmilia glabrata Reuss 1868
G. †Laterophyllia Kühn 1933
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G. Manicina Ehrenberg 1834
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†Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manicina gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym], Manicina mayori Wells 1936 [synonym]
†Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson 1999
†Manicina grandis Duncan 1864
†Manicina hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
†Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson 1999
†Manicina pliocenica Gane 1895
†Manicina puntagordensis Weisbord 1968
Invalid names: Teleiophyllia Duncan 1864 [synonym]
G. Mussismilia Ortmann 1890
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Mussismilia harttii Verrill 1868
Mussismilia hispida Verrill 1901
†Mussismilia provincialis Matheron 1900
†Mussismilia vindobonensis Chevalier 1961
G. †Nefocoenia Oppenheim 1930
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†Nefocoenia favosites Oppenheim 1930
Invalid names: Hemiporites Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
G. †Petrophylliella Felix 1925
G. Pseudodiploria Budd et al. 2012
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Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786
G. †Variabilifavia Barta-Calmus 1973
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†Variabilifavia ausuganensis Budd and Bosellini 2016
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Invalid names: Diploria crebriformis Michelotti 1838 [synonym], Favia perrandi Prever 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (604 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Uzbekistan Hemiporites jacobi (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Nefocoenia favosites (91326)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan Nefocoenia sp. (146037)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria Nefocoenia edelbachensis (24266)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Diploria sp. (123002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia Mycetophyllia inaequalis (87672)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Diploria crassolamellosa (169303)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Colpophyllia reagani (27650)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt Diploria sp. (86950)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt Leptoria pauca, Leptoria laxa (34684)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Colpophyllia reagani (91602)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Colpophyllia nicholasi (5495)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Slovenia Manicina flexuosa (71666)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Colpophyllia flexuosa, Colpophyllia taramellii, Variabilifavia confertissima (75454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jamaica Colpophyllia duncani (77033)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy Diploria sp. (146598)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Petrophylliella callifera (34481 34483)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica Colpophyllia duncani (69727)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Colpophyllia sp. (42489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Croatia Desmocladia septifera (87473)