Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Alternative combinations: Discina spitsbergensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis

Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to B. Kummel 1953

Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minor, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sibirica, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder