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Lingulasma philomela

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae

Taxonomy
Lingula philomela was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lingulasma philomela by Begg (1946).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. compactum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lingula philomela Billings p. 49 figs. fig. 53
1897Lingula philomela Schuchert p. 252
1915Lingula philomela Bassler
1946Lingulasma philomela Begg p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyLingulasmatidaeWinchell and Schuchert 1893
genusLingulasma
speciesphilomela(Billings 1865)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lingulasma philomela Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:59:52
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:59:52
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lingula philomela (23809)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Lingula philomela (23281)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lingula philomela (23282)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lingula philomela (26295)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lingula philomela (23810)