Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora natans
Synonym: Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Belongs to Colpophyllia according to Matthai 1928
See also Kiessling 2009 and Wells 1973
Sister taxa: Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia applanata, Colpophyllia duncani, Colpophyllia elegans, Colpophyllia inaequalis, Colpophyllia iranica, Colpophyllia malayica, Colpophyllia meandrinoides, Colpophyllia mexicanum, Colpophyllia multisepta, Colpophyllia nicholasi, Colpophyllia reagani, Colpophyllia slavutytschensis, Colpophyllia willoughbiensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Barbados (3), Bermuda (1), Cayman Islands (15), Colombia (11), Costa Rica (18), the Dominican Republic (6), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2), the Netherlands Antilles (11), Panama (9), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), United States (10: Florida), Venezuela (1), Virgin Islands (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (3), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (3)
• Miocene of Panama (3)
Total: 115 collections including 116 occurrences
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