Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to Reed 1917
Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea affinis, Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea armstrongi, Orbiculoidea batesvillensis, Orbiculoidea capax, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea cincta, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea concentrica, Orbiculoidea damanensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea forbesa, Orbiculoidea gibba, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea keokuk, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea konincki, Orbiculoidea kullsbergensis, Orbiculoidea liaoi, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea pileolus, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea radiata, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sampsoni, Orbiculoidea semipolita, Orbiculoidea sibirica, Orbiculoidea sodalis, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis, Orbiculoidea stincharensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea varsoviensis, Orbiculoidea verum, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea winsnesi, Orbiculoidea wisnesi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea xinguensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lime Kiln Bay, near Portrane (Ordovician of Ireland)
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