Lingula (brachiopod)
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| Lingula | |
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| Lingula anatina from Stradbroke Island, Australia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Lingulata |
| Order: | Lingulida |
| Family: | Lingulidae |
| Genus: | Lingula Bruguière, 1791 |
| Type species | |
| Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801 |
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Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula is known since the Tertiary. It has a shell but is not mollusc. It is a filter feeder.
[edit] Species
The following species are recognised:[1]
- Lingula adamsi Dall, 1873
- Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801
- Lingula dregeri Andreae, 1893
- Lingula eocenica Moroz & Ermokhyna, 1990
- Lingula parva Smith, 1871
- Lingula reevii Davidson, 1880
- Lingula rostrum (Shaw, 1798)
- Lingula tenuis Sowerby
- Lingula translucida Dall, 1921
- Lingula tumidula Reeve, 1841
- Lingula waikatoensis Pen, 1930
[edit] References
- ^ "Genus Lingula Bruguière, 1791". BrachNet. http://paleopolis.rediris.es/BrachNet/CLASS/LINGULIDAE/Lingula.html. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
[edit] External links
| External identifiers for Lingula | |
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| EOL | 73305 |
| ITIS | 156762 |
| NCBI | 7571 |
| WoRMS | 235158 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
- Introduction to the Lingulata
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