Langella Oliveira 1930 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Parent taxon: Lingulidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Peng and Shi 2008 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Langella imbituvensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Baitaca, Teixeira Soares region (Passinho shale) (Permian of Brazil)

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