Lingulasma (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Lingulasma changi Lingulasma cobourgensis Lingulasma hyacinthensis Lingulasma matutinum Lingulasma ogontzensis Lingulasma philomela Lingulasma progne Lingulasma quaestor Lingulasma whitfieldi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of China (2 collections)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee)

• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Québec), the United Kingdom (3), United States (24: California, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 36 collections including 41 occurrences

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