Lunoglossa cymostriata Xu and Xie 1985 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Full reference: G. R. Xu and J. H. Xie. 1985. Lunoglossa: a new genus of Inarticulata. Geological Review 31:469-473

Belongs to Lunoglossa according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Xu and Xie 1985

Sister taxon: Lunoglossa puqiensis

Type specimen: WPPB 001. Its type locality is Guanyinshan section, bed 4, Puqi, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Guanyinshan section, bed 4, Puqi

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