Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative combination: Lingula huronensis
Full reference: E. Billings. 1859. Fossils of the Chazy Limestone, with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4:426-470
Belongs to Lingulella according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Bassler 1915 and Billings 1859
Sister taxa: Lingulella agaue, Lingulella alata, Lingulella amabilis, Lingulella ampla, Lingulella angustior, Lingulella brainerdi, Lingulella buttsi, Lingulella clelandi, Lingulella columba, Lingulella cuneata, Lingulella davisi, Lingulella davisii, Lingulella desiderata, Lingulella eucharis, Lingulella ferruginea, Lingulella fuchsi, Lingulella holyokensis, Lingulella ibicus, Lingulella idahoensis, Lingulella incongrua, Lingulella kiurensis, Lingulella manticula, Lingulella mediostriata, Lingulella morsensis, Lingulella narrawayi, Lingulella nepos, Lingulella obtusa, Lingulella ovata, Lingulella prima, Lingulella prolixa, Lingulella proveedorensis, Lingulella quaestor, Lingulella selwyni, Lingulella texana, Obolus (Lingulella) atavus, Obolus (Lingulella) canius, Obolus (Lingulella) chinensis, Obolus (Lingulella) collicia, Obolus (Lingulella) concinnus, Obolus (Lingulella) damesi, Obolus (Lingulella) isse, Obolus (Lingulella) lens, Obolus (Lingulella) orus, Obolus (Lingulella) pelias, Obolus (Lingulella) quadrilateralis, Obolus (Lingulella) schmalensei, Obolus (Lingulella) septalis, Obolus (Lingulella) spatulus, Obolus (Lingulella) upis, Obolus (Lingulella) wanniecki, Obolus (Lingulella) welleri
Type specimen: GSC 1159, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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