Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1849. Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Victor Masson, Paris 1:1-382

Parent taxon: Discinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Acrosaccus, Discina, Discinisca, Discinolepis, Discradisca, Heliomedusa, Kosoidea, Lindstroemella, Lingulodiscina, Lochkothele, Oehlertella, Orbiculoideinae, Roemerella, Schizotreta

Subtaxa: 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 spitsbergensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder