Glottidia Dall 1870 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Parent taxon: Glottidiinae according to Y. Peng and G. R. Shi 2008

See also Emig and Bitner 2005, Hertlein and Grant IV 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Argentiella, Glottidia rostrata, Lingula permiana, Sinoglottidia

Subtaxa: Glottidia albida Glottidia antarctica Glottidia audebarti Glottidia bravardi Glottidia dumortieri Glottidia inexpectans Glottidia palmeri Glottidia pyramidata Glottidia semen

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Type: Lingula albida

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), United States (3: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (5), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (6), United States (1: Texas)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

• Triassic of Hungary (1)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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