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Discina capuliforma

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discina capuliforma was named by McChesney (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Discina capuliformis by McChesney (1861); it was recombined as Orbiculoidea capuliformis by Hoare (1961) and Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Discina capuliforma McChesney p. 72
1861Discina capuliformis McChesney p. 23 figs. Pl 2, Fig. 20
1884Discina convexa White p. 121 figs. pl. 25 f. 9
1961Orbiculoidea capuliformis Hoare p. 23–24 figs. pl. 1 f. 8–9
2016Orbiculoidea capuliformis Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar p. 317 figs. 3.15-3.20

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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)
genusDiscinaLamarck
speciescapuliforma

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.

Discina capuliforma McChesney 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available