Discinisca

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Linguliformea
Classis: Lingulata
Ordo: Lingulida
Superfamilia: Discinoidea

Familia: Discinidae
Genus: Discinisca

Species: D. laevis – D. lamellosa – D. rikuzenensis – D. tenuis
Name

Discinisca Dall, 1871

Type species: Orbicula lamellosa Broderip, 1833 = Discinisca lamellosa (Broderip, 1833)

Synonyms

Discina (Discinisca) Dall, 1871

References
Primary references

Dall, W.H. 1871. Report on the Brachiopoda obtained by the United States Coast Survey Expedition, in charge of L. F. de Pourtales, with a revision of the Craniidae and Discinidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3(1): 1–45, 2 pl. BHL Reference page. : 37

Links

Discinisca in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2020-11-05

Discinisca is a genus of brachiopods with fossils dating back from the Early Devonian to the Pliocene of Africa, Europe, North America, and New Zealand.[1]

Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.[2]
References

Christian Emig (2010). Emig CC (ed.). "Discinisca Dall, 1871". World Brachiopoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

Williams, A; Cusack, M; Buckman, J. O.; Stachel, T (1998). "Siliceous tablets in the larval shells of apatitic discinid brachiopods". Science. 279 (5359): 2094–6. PMID 9516107.

Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)
Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa