Discinisca

Discinisca; Temporal range:
	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
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) ;

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.

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Discinisca Temporal range:

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
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)