†Glyptoglossa ardmillanensis Reed 1917 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative combination: Lingulasma ardmillanense
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 Glyptoglossa according to A. Williams 1962
See also Reed 1917
Sister taxon: Glyptoglossella cavellosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 650 yards south of Ardmillan House (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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