Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 106903

Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia

Subtaxa: Dimorphosmilia, Elysastraea, Fromentellia, Lasmosmilia, Margarastraea, Meandrastrea, Montlivaltia, Mycetophylliopsis, Phyllogyra

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder