Glottidia inexpectans Olsson 1914 (lamp shell)

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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