Plectoglossa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

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

See also Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhan and Jin 2005

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

Subtaxa: Plectoglossa davidsoni Plectoglossa oklahomensis

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Type: Plectoglossa oklahomensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician to Silurian of South Africa (1 collection)

• Ordovician of China (7), the Czech Republic (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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