Mergliella Cocks and Popov 2009 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Parent taxon: Glossellinae according to L. R. M. Cocks 2019

Sister taxa: Anx, Barrandeoglossa, Casquella, Eoglossa, Fezzanoglossa, Glossella, Glyptoglossella, Lachrymula, Leptobolus, Libyaeglossa, Pachyglossella, Plectoglossa, Rafanoglossella, Spondyglossella, Tunisiglossa

Subtaxa: Mergliella bechei

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Type: Lingula bechei

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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