†Glottidia inexpectans Olsson 1914 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Belongs to Glottidia according to C. C. Emig and M. A. Bitner 2005
See also Chuang 1964, Cooper 1988 and Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
Sister taxa: Glottidia albida, Glottidia antarctica, Glottidia audebarti, Glottidia bravardi, Glottidia dumortieri, Glottidia palmeri, Glottidia pyramidata, Glottidia semen
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rice's Pit (Pliocene of Virginia)
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