Subfamily Lingulinae Menke 1828 (lamp shell)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Parent taxon: Lingulidae according to Y. Peng and G. R. Shi 2008
See also Jin et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Apsilingula, Barroisella, Credolingula, Dignomia, Eolingularia, Glottidiinae, Langella, Lingula, Lingularia, Lunoglossa, Semilingula, Sinolingularia, Trentingula
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lingulinae in the database