Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1939. Four species of Discinisca (Brachiopoda) from the Eocene of the Hampshire Basin. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 50:149-158
Belongs to Discinisca according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1939
Sister taxa: Discinisca circularis, Discinisca conviva, Discinisca cumingii, Discinisca davisi, Discinisca fallens, Discinisca ferroviae, 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 steiningeri, Discinisca strigata, Discinisca yaroslavensis
Type specimen: BMNH B.49611, a valve. Its type locality is Alum Bay, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Alum Bay
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