Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Alternative combinations: Discina missouriensis, Lingulidiscina missouriensis, Lingulodiscina missouriensis
Synonyms: Discina manhattanensis Meek and Hayden 1858, Orbiculoidea manhattanensis Meek and Hayden 1858
Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to V. I. Ustritsky and G. E. Chernyak 1963
See also Branson 1930, Girty 1910, Hoare 1961, Meek and Hayden 1858, Mudge et al. 1962, Shimer and Shrock 1944 and Shumard and Swallow 1858
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 forbesa, Orbiculoidea gibba, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea keokuk, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea konincki, Orbiculoidea kullsbergensis, Orbiculoidea liaoi, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea nitida, 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 sodalis, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis, Orbiculoidea stincharensis, 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:
• Permian of United States (22: Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (69: Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah)
Total: 91 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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