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Ectenoglossa lyelli

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingula lyelli was named by Billings (1859) [Lectotype designated by Sinclair 1945.]. Its type specimen is G.S.C. 1027C and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ectenoglossa lyelli by Cooper (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Lingula lyelli Billings pp. 348, 431 figs. 1a-d
1911Lingula lyelli Raymond p. 218 figs. pl. 33, fig. 5, (fig. 6, doubtful)
1956Ectenoglossa lyelli Cooper pp. 217 - 218 figs. Plate 3, C, figures 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusEctenoglossa
specieslyelli(Billings 1859)

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.

Ectenoglossa lyelli Billings 1859
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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
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:36:30
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:36:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Lingula lyelli (171789 172192 172361 172362)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Ontario) Lingula lyelli (172201)