Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Alternative combinations: Orbicula forbesi, Orbiculoidea forbesi
Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to L. E. Holmer 1989
See also Holmer 1987, Mitchell 1977 and Owen and Harper 1982
Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea affinis, Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea armstrongi, Orbiculoidea batesvillensis, Orbiculoidea capax, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea cincta, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea concentrica, Orbiculoidea damanensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea gibba, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea keokuk, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea konincki, Orbiculoidea kullsbergensis, Orbiculoidea liaoi, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea pileolus, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea radiata, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sampsoni, Orbiculoidea semipolita, Orbiculoidea shallochensis, Orbiculoidea sibirica, Orbiculoidea sodalis, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis, Orbiculoidea stincharensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea varsoviensis, Orbiculoidea verum, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea winsnesi, Orbiculoidea wisnesi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea xinguensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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