Pseudolingula pseudoquadrata Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae

Alternative combination: Lingula pseudoquadrata

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 Pseudolingula according to A. Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Pseudolingula beltrami, Pseudolingula curta, Pseudolingula displosa, Pseudolingula elderi, Pseudolingula elegantula, Pseudolingula eva, Pseudolingula galenensis, Pseudolingula iowensis, Pseudolingula quadrata, Pseudolingula rectilateralis, Pseudolingula scutum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dow Hill, 650 yards south of Glendoune Farm, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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