Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae
Alternative combination: Lophophyllidium skinneri
Full reference: C. A. Ross and J. P. Ross. 1962. Pennsylvanian, Permian rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 36:1163-1188
Belongs to Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) according to J. Fedorowski 1987
Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) compressum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) confertum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum
Type specimen: USNM 139743. Its type locality is USNM705ca, Gaptank Formation, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder