Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76

Belongs to Discina according to A. M. McChesney 1859

See also Hoare 1961, McChesney 1861 and Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar 2016

Sister taxa: Discina atlantica, Discina connata, Discina donetzensis, Discina lodensis, Discina mamillata, Discina minuta, Discina newberryi, Discina orbicularis, Discina spitzbergensis, Discina striata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discina capuliforma in the database

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