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Mycetophyllia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Octocorallia
    Order:  
Scleractinia
    Suborder:  
Favina
    Superfamily:  
Faviicae
    Family:  
Mussidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Mycetophyllia M.EDW.-H., 1848
    Type Species:  
M. lamarckiana


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Fig. 319,4. *M. lamarckiana, Rec., W.Indies, X1 (88).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

W.Indies


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mio.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Aquitanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
23.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Like Isophyllia but several series of centers enclosed between collines. Lamellar linkages.




References



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