Lingulepis maera Hall and Whitfield 1877 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Belongs to Lingulepis according to C. D. Walcott 1884

Sister taxa: Lingulella (Lingulepis) acuminata, Lingulella (Lingulepis) rowei, Lingulepis acutangulus, Lingulepis nabis, Lingulepis pinnaformis, Lingulepis tenuilineata, Obolus (Lingulepis) eros

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lingulepis maera in the database

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