Lingula (genus)

Lingula (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Lingula"



image_caption = "Lingula anatina" in aquarium
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Brachiopoda
classis = Lingulata
ordo = Lingulida
familia = Lingulidae
genus = "Lingula"
genus_authority = Bruguière, 1791
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"L. adamsi"
*"L. anatina"
*"L. dregeri"
*"L. eocenica"
*"L. parva"
*"L. reevii"
*"L. rostrum"
*"L. tenuis"
*"L. translucida"
*"L. tumidula"
*"L. waikatoensis"

"Lingula" is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old.

pecies

*"Lingula adamsi"
*"Lingula anatina"
*"Lingula dregeri"
*"Lingula eocenica"
*"Lingula parva"
*"Lingula reevii"
*"Lingula rostrum"
*"Lingula tenuis"
*"Lingula translucida"
*"Lingula tumidula"
*"Lingula waikatoensis"

The updated list of "Lingula" species is available on http://paleopolis.rediris.es/BrachNet/CLASS/Lingulidae.htm

References

* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235158 Brachiopoda genus Lingula]
* [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/lingulata.html Introduction to the Lingulata]


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