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 davisi, Discinisca fallens, Discinisca ferroviae, Discinisca holdeni, Discinisca infraoolithica, Discinisca insularis, Discinisca jenkinsi, Discinisca kamikatetuensis, Discinisca laevis, Discinisca lamellosa, Discinisca loeli, Discinisca lugubris, Discinisca messii, Discinisca oregonensis, Discinisca perrini, Discinisca porvenir, Discinisca scutellum, Discinisca strigata, Discinisca yaroslavensis
Type specimen: Cat. No, 1988/58. Its type locality is Plesching (Austernbank), which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Linz 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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