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Discina   Listen
noun
Discina  n.  (Zool.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.






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... were adduced. Let it be borne in mind that Avicula, Mytilus, Chiton, Natica, Patella, Trochus, Discina, Orbicula, Lingula, Rhynchonclla, and Nautilus, all of which are existing genera, are given without a doubt as Silurian in the last edition of "Siluria"; while the highest forms of the highest Cephalopods are represented in the Lias by a genus ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley



Words linked to "Discina" :   Discina macrospora



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