Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Alternative combination: Lingula occidentaustralis
Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1981. Lingula (Lingulidae, Brachiopoda) from the late Artinskian (Permian), Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 93:169-180
Belongs to Semilingula according to A. N. Yegorov and L. E. Popov 1990
See also Archbold 1981
Sister taxa: Semilingula arctica, Semilingula taimyrensis
Type specimen: MUGDF5181, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is UWA WL7, Garden Road, Coolkilya Flat, which is in an Artinskian marine siltstone in the Quinnanie Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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