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Discinisca
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Discinisca

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.

Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Disc Lamp Shell

speciesDiscinisca tenuis

Discinisca lamellosa

speciesDiscinisca lamellosa

Discinisca laevis

speciesDiscinisca laevis

Discinisca rikuzenensis

speciesDiscinisca rikuzenensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133970.