Discina bosniaca Kittl 1903 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1903. Geologie der Umgebung von Sarajevo. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 53:515-748

Belongs to Discina according to E. Kittl 1903

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Suha Česma, SSE of Prača, which is in a Lopingian marine horizon in the Bellerophon Formation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Suha Česma, SSE of Prača

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