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Discinisca insularis

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discinisca insularis was named by Muir-Wood (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH B.49611, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alum Bay, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. aldrichi, D. calymene, D. cumingi, D. discoides, D. lugubrius, D. multilineata, D. papyracea, D. spisbergensis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2025-09-13; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-09-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Discinisca insularis Muir-Wood p. 153 fig. 4A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderDiscinidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyDiscinaceaGray 1840
familyDisciniidae(Gray 1840)
genusDisciniscaGray 1840
speciesinsularis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Discinisca insularis Muir-Wood 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available