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Discinisca cumingii

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Orbicula cumingii was named by Broderip (1833).

It was recombined as Discinisca cumingii by Hertlein and Grant IV (1944).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Orbicula cumingii Broderip p. 124
1944Discinisca cumingii Hertlein and Grant IV p. 27 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 8-9, 11; Pl. 16, Fig. 1-4; Text Fig. 3

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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
speciescumingii(Broderip 1833)

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 cumingii Broderip 1833
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Discinisca cumingii hannibali Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available