Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative spelling: Obolus (Lingulella)
Parent taxon: Obolidae according to L.E. Popov et al. 2002
See also Bengtson 1992, Brock and Cooper 1993, Bruton and Harper 2000, Henningsmoen 1952, Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Jin et al. 1993, Landing et al. 2008, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Sutton et al. 2000, Walcott 1902, Walcott 1912, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1963
Sister taxa: Elliptoglossinae, Eodicellomus, Fordinia, Foveola, Glossellinae, Lingulellinae, Obolinae, Prastavia, Xianshanella
Subtaxa: Lingulella agaue Lingulella alata Lingulella amabilis Lingulella ampla Lingulella angustior Lingulella brainerdi Lingulella buttsi Lingulella clelandi Lingulella columba Lingulella cuneata Lingulella davisi Lingulella davisii Lingulella desiderata Lingulella eucharis Lingulella ferruginea Lingulella fuchsi Lingulella holyokensis Lingulella huronensis Lingulella ibicus Lingulella idahoensis Lingulella incongrua Lingulella kiurensis Lingulella manticula Lingulella mediostriata Lingulella morsensis Lingulella narrawayi Lingulella nepos Lingulella obtusa Lingulella ovata Lingulella prima Lingulella prolixa Lingulella proveedorensis Lingulella quaestor Lingulella selwyni Lingulella texana Obolus (Lingulella) atavus Obolus (Lingulella) canius Obolus (Lingulella) chinensis Obolus (Lingulella) collicia Obolus (Lingulella) concinnus Obolus (Lingulella) damesi Obolus (Lingulella) isse Obolus (Lingulella) lens Obolus (Lingulella) orus Obolus (Lingulella) pelias Obolus (Lingulella) quadrilateralis Obolus (Lingulella) schmalensei Obolus (Lingulella) septalis Obolus (Lingulella) spatulus Obolus (Lingulella) upis Obolus (Lingulella) wanniecki Obolus (Lingulella) welleri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Vietnam (2 collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (1: Iowa)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1), Spain (1)
• Uhaku of Sweden (4)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), United States (18: Alabama, New York, Vermont, Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Utah)
• Volkhov of Lithuania (1)
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (2)
• Arenig of China (8), Spain (1), United States (6: Montana, Nevada, North Dakota)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Utah)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (11: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec), China (7), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (6), Ireland (5), Lithuania (1), Mexico (2), Norway (3), Peru (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), South Korea (4), Spain (3), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (38), United States (36: Colorado, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (4), China (8), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Spain (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Montana)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (3)
• Skullrockian of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (2: Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (2: California)
• Amgan of Norway (1)
• Solvan of Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1)
• Delamaran of Canada (20: British Columbia), United States (3: Idaho)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)
• Cambrian of Australia (12), Canada (13: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland), China (10), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (2), Greenland (5), Kazakhstan (3), Mauritania (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), Norway (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (53: Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
• Caerfai of India (1), Italy (4)
Total: 374 collections including 398 occurrences
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