Discinisca

Discinisca; Temporal range:
	Discinisca lamellosa, a group of old and young specimens; the largest showing the foramen in the peduncle valve; the rest showing brachial valves
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Order:	Discinida
Family:	Discinidae
Genus:	Discinisca; Sowerby, 1822
Species
	D. laevis (Sowerby, 1822) ; D. lamellosa (Broderip, 1834) ; D. lamellosa sensu d'Hondt, 1976 ; D. messi (Damián E. Pérez et al., 2023) ; D. rikuzenensis (Hatai, 1940) ; D. suborbicularis (Smirnova et al., 2017) ; D. tenuis (Sowerby) ;

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.

Discinisca Temporal range:

Discinisca lamellosa, a group of old and young specimens; the largest showing the foramen in the peduncle valve; the rest showing brachial valves
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Order:	Discinida
Family:	Discinidae
Genus:	Discinisca Sowerby, 1822
Species
D. laevis (Sowerby, 1822) D. lamellosa (Broderip, 1834) D. lamellosa sensu d'Hondt, 1976 D. messi (Damián E. Pérez et al., 2023) D. rikuzenensis (Hatai, 1940) D. suborbicularis (Smirnova et al., 2017) D. tenuis (Sowerby)