Spinilingula Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

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

See also Holmer 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca

Subtaxa: Spinilingula bracteata Spinilingula intralamellata Spinilingula radiolamellosa

View classification

Type: Spinilingula intralamellata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Uhaku of Sweden (2 collections)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)

• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (1), Sweden (1), United States (2: Utah)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.