Discina Lamarck (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Parent taxon: Disciniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Kirchner 1933

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Discina atlantica Discina capuliforma Discina connata Discina donetzensis Discina lodensis Discina mamillata Discina minuta Discina newberryi Discina nitida Discina orbicularis Discina spitzbergensis Discina striata

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), Germany (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Italy (1), Jordan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Turkey (1)

• Permian of Ukraine (1)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)

• Devonian of Germany (1), United States (4: New York)

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Ohio)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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