Discinisca

Discinisca; Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Discinisca lamellosa, a group of old and young specimens; the largest showing the foramen in the peduncle valve; the rest showing brachial valves
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Order:	Discinida
Family:	Discinidae
Genus:	Discinisca; Sowerby, 1822
Species
	D. laevis (Sowerby, 1822) ; D. lamellosa (Broderip, 1834) ; D. lamellosa sensu d'Hondt, 1976 ; D. messi (Damián E. Pérez et al., 2023) ; D. rikuzenensis (Hatai, 1940) ; D. suborbicularis (Smirnova et al., 2017) ; D. tenuis (Sowerby) ;

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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. Bibcode:1998Sci...279.2094W. doi:10.1126/science.279.5359.2094. PMID 9516107.

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

External links

Discinisca in the Paleobiology Database

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

[2] 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. Bibcode:1998Sci...279.2094W. doi:10.1126/science.279.5359.2094. PMID 9516107.

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