Fezzanoglossa Havlícek and Massa 1973 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Havlícek in Havlícek & Massa 1973

Parent taxon: Glossellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anx, Casquella, Eoglossa, Glossella, Glyptoglossella, Lachrymula, Leptobolus, Libyaeglossa, Pachyglossella, Plectoglossa, Rafanoglossella, Spondyglossella, Tunisiglossa

Subtaxa: Fezzanoglossa fezzanica

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Type: Fezzanoglossa fezzanica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Djebel Fezzan (Ordovician of Libya)

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