Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Synonyms: Tubinacis Quenstedt 1880, Turbinacis Quenstedt 1880
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Turbinaria crater Turbinaria cyathiformis Turbinaria durhami Turbinaria frondens Turbinaria grandis Turbinaria irregularis Turbinaria jacksoni Turbinaria mesenterina Turbinaria radicalis Turbinaria reniformis Turbinaria sitaensis Turbinaria stellulata Turbinaria tenuis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections), China (1), Egypt (3), Japan (12), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (1), Palau (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Fiji (3), France (12), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of France (3), Greece (1), Iran (1), Mexico (1), Somalia (1)
Total: 79 collections including 92 occurrences
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