Trigonoglossa (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Parent taxon: Obolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Virgilian of United States (5: Illinois, Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of Peru (1), United States (9: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas)

• Devonian of South Africa (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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