NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Discinidae
  Superfamily - Discinacea
  Suborder - Acrotretidina
  Order - Lingulida
  Class - Lingulata
  Subphylum - Linguliformea
  Phylum - Brachiopoda
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia