Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Parent taxon: Disciniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Kirchner 1933
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Discina atlantica Discina bosniaca Discina capuliforma Discina connata Discina discoides Discina donetzensis Discina lodensis Discina mamillata Discina minuta Discina newberryi Discina nitida Discina orbicularis Discina spitzbergensis Discina striata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Turkey (1)
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Ukraine (1)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
• Devonian of Germany (1), United States (4: New York)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Ohio)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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