Lingulella (Lingulepis) rowei Walcott 1905 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Obolus (Lingulepis) rowei

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian Brachiopoda with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1395):227-337

Belongs to Lingulella (Lingulepis) according to C. D. Walcott 1912

See also Walcott 1905

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UNSM loc. 14p, Resting Springs (Cambrian of California)

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