Lingulella amabilis Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Lingula amabilis

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

Belongs to Lingulella according to A. Williams 1962

See also Reed 1917

Sister taxa: Lingulella agaue, Lingulella alata, Lingulella ampla, Lingulella angustior, Lingulella brainerdi, Lingulella buttsi, Lingulella clelandi, Lingulella columba, Lingulella cuneata, Lingulella davisi, Lingulella davisii, Lingulella desiderata, Lingulella eucharis, Lingulella ferruginea, Lingulella fuchsi, Lingulella holyokensis, Lingulella huronensis, Lingulella ibicus, Lingulella idahoensis, Lingulella incongrua, Lingulella kiurensis, Lingulella manticula, Lingulella mediostriata, Lingulella morsensis, Lingulella narrawayi, Lingulella nepos, Lingulella obtusa, Lingulella ovata, Lingulella prima, Lingulella prolixa, Lingulella proveedorensis, Lingulella quaestor, Lingulella selwyni, Lingulella texana, Obolus (Lingulella) atavus, Obolus (Lingulella) canius, Obolus (Lingulella) chinensis, Obolus (Lingulella) collicia, Obolus (Lingulella) concinnus, Obolus (Lingulella) damesi, Obolus (Lingulella) isse, Obolus (Lingulella) lens, Obolus (Lingulella) orus, Obolus (Lingulella) pelias, Obolus (Lingulella) quadrilateralis, Obolus (Lingulella) schmalensei, Obolus (Lingulella) septalis, Obolus (Lingulella) spatulus, Obolus (Lingulella) upis, Obolus (Lingulella) wanniecki, Obolus (Lingulella) welleri

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Penwhapple Burn, 150 yards WNW of Penwhapple Bridge, 2½ miles NE of Barr (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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