Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Full reference: U. Radwanska and A. Radwanski. 1989. A new species of inarticulate brachiopods, Discinisca steiningeri sp. nov., from the Late Oligocene (Egerian) of Plesching near Linz, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 90:67-82
Belongs to Discinisca according to U. Radwanska and A. Radwanski 1989
Sister taxa: Discinisca circularis, Discinisca conviva, Discinisca cumingii, Discinisca fallens, Discinisca holdeni, Discinisca infraoolithica, Discinisca jenkinsi, Discinisca kamikatetuensis, Discinisca laevis, Discinisca lamellosa, Discinisca loeli, Discinisca lugubris, Discinisca messii, Discinisca oregonensis, Discinisca perrini, Discinisca porvenir, Discinisca scutellum, Discinisca spitsbergensis, Discinisca strigata, Discinisca yaroslavensis, Discinisca zapfei
Type specimen: Cat. No, 1988/58. Its type locality is Plesching Austernbank, which is in an Oligocene shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linz Sands Formation of Austria.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Plesching Austernbank
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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