Glyptoglossa ardmillanensis Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

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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