Dignomia Hall 1871 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Parent taxon: Lingulidae according to Emig and Herrera 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Apsilingula, Barroisella, Credolingula, Eolingularia, Glottidiinae, Langella, Lingula, Lingularia, Lingulinae, Lunoglossa, Semilingula, Sinolingularia, Trentingula

Subtaxa: Dignomia alveata Dignomia lepta Dignomia munsterii Dignomia subalveata Dignomia submarginata

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Type: Lingula alveata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Brazil (3 collections), Poland (1), South Africa (4), United States (1: New York)

• Ordovician of Bolivia (5)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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