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Lingulella prima

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingula prima was named by Billings (1856).

It was recombined as Lingulella prima by Walcott (1912).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Lingula prima Billings p. 34
1912Lingulella prima Walcott p. 57

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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
speciesprima(Billings 1856)

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.

Lingulella prima Billings 1856
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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
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (New York) Lingulella prima (74542 74543 74550 74551 74552 74553 74554)