Discinisca perrini Hertlein and Grant IV 1944 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV. 1944. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America 3:1-236

Belongs to Discinisca according to L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV 1944

Sister taxa: Discinisca circularis, Discinisca conviva, Discinisca cumingii, Discinisca fallens, Discinisca holdeni, Discinisca infraoolithica, Discinisca jenkinsi, Discinisca kamikatetuensis, Discinisca laevis, Discinisca lamellosa, Discinisca loeli, Discinisca lugubris, Discinisca messii, Discinisca oregonensis, Discinisca porvenir, Discinisca scutellum, Discinisca spitsbergensis, Discinisca steiningeri, Discinisca strigata, Discinisca yaroslavensis, Discinisca zapfei

Type specimen: UCMP 31864

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discinisca perrini in the database

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