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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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