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Discinidae

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Discinidae Gray
1869Disciniidae Huxley p. 116
1904Disciniidae Martin p. 402
1963Disciniidae Wright
1977Discinidae Mitchell
1982Discinidae Owen and Harper
1986Discinidae Holmer
1987Disciniidae Holmer
1987Discinidae Temple p. 28
1989Discinidae Holmer
2000Disciniidae Popov
2000Discinidae Williams et al. p. 86
2005Discinidae Holmer et al. p. 895
2005Discinidae Zhan and Jin p. 676
2011Discinidae Hansen and Holmer
2013Discinidae Emig et al. p. 76
2017Discinidae Bitner and Müller p. 212
2023Discinidae Pérez et al. p. 206

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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
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. †Discinidae Gray 1840
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G. †Acrosaccus Willard 1928
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†Acrosaccus shuleri Willard 1928
†Acrosaccus squamosus Barrande 1879
G. †Bronzoria Ishizaki and Shiino 2024
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†Bronzoria bosniaca Kittl 1903
†Bronzoria discoides Schlotheim 1820
†Bronzoria recta Ishizaki and Shiino 2024
†Bronzoria rhaetica Andreae 1893
†Bronzoria sibirica Moisseiev 1947
†Bronzoria spitsbergensis Biernat 1995
†Bronzoria townshendi Davidson 1851
†Bronzoria zapfei Radwanski and Summesberger 2001
G. †Chynithele Havlicek 1996
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†Chynithele amoena Mergl 2008
G. Discradisca Stenzel 1965
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Discradisca cumingi Broderip 1833
†Discradisca cumingi hannibali Hertlein and Grant 1944
†Discradisca multiradiata Morgan 1915
Discradisca stella Gould 1962
Discradisca strigata Broderip 1834
G. †Gigadiscina Mergl and Massa 2005
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†Gigadiscina gigantissima Cooper and Grant 1974
†Gigadiscina lessardi Mergl and Massa 2005
G. †Opatrilkiella Mergl 2001
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†Opatrilkiella kobyla Mergl 2008
G. †Orbiculoidea d'Orbigny 1847
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†Orbiculoidea affinis M'Coy 1847
†Orbiculoidea anhuiensis Jin and Hu 1978
†Orbiculoidea capax White 1862
†Orbiculoidea capuliformis McChesney 1859
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Invalid names: Discina convexa White 1884 [synonym]
†Orbiculoidea cincta Portlock 1843
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Invalid names: Orbicula davreuxiana de Koninck 1843 [synonym]
†Orbiculoidea clintonensis Waterhouse 1986
†Orbiculoidea concentrica Wahlenberg 1821
†Orbiculoidea damanensis Sarycheva and Sokolskaja 1952
†Orbiculoidea elegans Liao 1980
†Orbiculoidea excentrica Ifanova 1972
†Orbiculoidea forbesa Davidson 1848
†Orbiculoidea gibba Lindström 1880
†Orbiculoidea jangarensis Ustritsky 1960
†Orbiculoidea keokuk Gurley 1884
†Orbiculoidea kolymaensis Licharew 1959
†Orbiculoidea konincki Geinitz 1848
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Invalid names: Discina speluncaria Schlotheim 1832 [replaced]
†Orbiculoidea liaoi Zhang et al. 2014
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Invalid names: Orbiculoidea minor Liao 1978 [replaced]
†Orbiculoidea linguliformis Kalashnikov 1981
†Orbiculoidea magna Feng 1978
†Orbiculoidea minuta Liao 1980
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Invalid names: Discina manhattanensis Meek and Hayden 1858 [synonym]
†Orbiculoidea nitida Phillips 1836
†Orbiculoidea nucleola Liao 1980
†Orbiculoidea ovalis Cloud 1944
†Orbiculoidea pileolus Whiteaves 1889
†Orbiculoidea prietana Chronic 1949
†Orbiculoidea qieermaensis Xu and Liu 1983
†Orbiculoidea radiata Troedsson 1918
†Orbiculoidea rotularia Waterhouse 1986
†Orbiculoidea sampsoni Miller 1891
†Orbiculoidea semipolita Whiteaves 1884
†Orbiculoidea sodalis Barrande 1879
†Orbiculoidea soyanensis Kalashnikov 1993
†Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis Lundgren 1887
†Orbiculoidea tobaensis Jin and Sun 1981
†Orbiculoidea varsoviensis Worthen 1884
†Orbiculoidea verum Masunaga and Shiino 2021
†Orbiculoidea warthi Waagen 1891
†Orbiculoidea winsnesi Gobbett 1963
†Orbiculoidea wisnesi Gobbett 1963
†Orbiculoidea wyomingensis Branson and Greger 1918
†Orbiculoidea xinguensis Corrêa and Ramos 2020
†Orbiculoidea yangkangensis Xu and Liu 1983
G. †Roemerella Hall and Clarke 1892
G. †Schizotreta Kutorga 1848
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†Schizotreta concava Wright 1963
†Schizotreta corrugata Cooper 1956
†Schizotreta elliptica Kutorga 1846
†Schizotreta marginalis Hansen and Holmer 2011
Invalid names: Orbiculoideinae Schuchert 1929 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available