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Lingulella

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingulella was named by Salter (1866).

It was reranked as Obolus (Lingulella) by Walcott (1898) and Walcott (1902).

It was assigned to Obolus by Walcott (1898) and Walcott (1902); to Lingulinae by Jin et al. (1993); to Lingulellinae by Wright (1963), Mitchell (1977), Holmer (1986), Holmer (1989) and Bruton and Harper (2000); to Obolinae by Brock and Cooper (1993) and Williams et al. (2000); to Lingulida by Bengtson (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); to Obolidae by Henningsmoen (1952), Sutton et al. (2000) and Popov et al. (2002); and to Linguloidea by Landing et al. (2008).

Species
L. agaue, L. alata, L. amabilis, L. ampla, L. angustior, L. brainerdi, L. buttsi, L. clelandi (syn. Lingula ovata), L. columba, L. cuneata, L. davisi, L. davisii, L. desiderata, L. eucharis, L. ferruginea, L. fuchsi, L. holyokensis, L. huronensis, L. ibicus, L. idahoensis, L. incongrua, L. kiurensis (syn. Lingula warthi), L. manticula, L. mediostriata, L. morsensis, L. narrawayi, L. nepos, L. obtusa, L. ovata, L. prima, L. prolixa, L. proveedorensis, L. quaestor, L. selwyni, L. 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
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. bynguanoensis, L. hesperia, L. lepis, L. marcia, L. pogonipensis, L. procera, L. tenuigranulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Lingulella Salter
1898Obolus (Lingulella) Walcott p. 412
1902Obolus (Lingulella) Walcott p. 606
1952Lingulella Henningsmoen
1963Lingulella Wright
1977Lingulella Mitchell
1986Lingulella Holmer
1989Lingulella Holmer
1992Lingulella Bengtson p. 1030
1993Lingulella Brock and Cooper p. 780
1993Lingulella Jin et al. p. 795
2000Lingulella Bruton and Harper
2000Lingulella Sutton et al.
2000Lingulella Williams et al. p. 50
2002Lingulella Popov et al. p. 218
2002Lingulella Sepkoski
2008Lingulella Landing et al. p. 899

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
genusLingulellaSalter 1866

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Lingulella Salter 1866
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†Lingulella agaue Mergl and Kordule 2008
†Lingulella alata Holmer 1989
†Lingulella amabilis Reed 1917
†Lingulella ampla Owen 1852
†Lingulella angustior Reed 1917
†Lingulella brainerdi Raymond 1902
†Lingulella buttsi Walcott 1908
†Lingulella clelandi Ulrich and Cooper 1938
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Invalid names: Lingula ovata Cleland 1903 [replaced]
†Lingulella columba Raymond 1905
†Lingulella cuneata Conrad 1839
†Lingulella davisi McCoy 1846
†Lingulella davisii McCoy 1851
†Lingulella desiderata Walcott 1898
†Lingulella eucharis Resser 1939
†Lingulella ferruginea Salter 1867
†Lingulella fuchsi Redlich 1899
†Lingulella holyokensis Lochman 1938
†Lingulella huronensis Billings 1859
†Lingulella ibicus Walcott 1924
†Lingulella idahoensis Resser 1938
†Lingulella incongrua Barrande 1879
†Lingulella kiurensis Waagen 1885
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Invalid names: Lingula warthi Waagen 1885 [synonym]
†Lingulella manticula White 1874
†Lingulella morsensis Winchell 1880
†Lingulella narrawayi Wilson 1946
†Lingulella nepos Walcott 1924
†Lingulella obtusa Hall 1847
†Lingulella ovata M'Coy 1846
†Lingulella prima Billings 1856
†Lingulella prolixa Sinclair 1945
†Lingulella proveedorensis Cooper et al. 1952
†Lingulella quaestor Reed 1917
†Lingulella selwyni Mathew 1896
†Lingulella texana Walcott 1908
†Obolus (Lingulella) isse Walcott 1905
†Obolus (Lingulella) lens Matthew 1900
†Obolus (Lingulella) orus Walcott 1905
†Obolus (Lingulella) upis Walcott 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Shallow infaunal, fac. motile unattached, suspension according to Bambach et al (2007); McKerrow (1979): semi-infaunal.g
Created: 2009-04-11 12:10:35
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:06:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Pragian or 517.10000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (379 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0India (Uttar Pradesh) L. sp. (46505)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Mauritania L. fuchsi (209265)
Caerfai - St Davids538.8 - 497.0Italy (Sardinia) L. sp. (55892 55902 55906 55908)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Montana) L. sp. (258)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) L. rotunda (80843)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) L. sp. (86929 86930 86931 86932)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0United Kingdom (Wales) L. sp. (41750)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Hubai) L. sp. (219687)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9Australia (Northern Territory) L. sp. (80920 80921)
Atdabanian - Amgan521.0 - 504.5Russian Federation (Kaliningrad oblast) L. nathorsti, L. ferruginea (235433)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom L. sp. (163264)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) L. sp. (8290 8291)
Cautleyan - Hirnantian449.2 - 443.4China (GanSu) L. sp. (8569)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3667)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Lithuania Lingula mediostriata (207247)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Poland L. sp. (2760)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) L. sp. (149318)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Lingula cuneata (173217)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5USA (Iowa) Lingula cuneata (26860)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Vietnam L. dussaulti (83247 83256)