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Lingula

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Taxonomy
Lingula was named by Bruguiére (1797). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lingulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lingulidae by Raymond (1911), Williams et al. (2000), Emig (2003) and Peng and Shi (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Lingula Bruguiére
1911Lingula Raymond
1990Lingula foliaceusa Liang p. 99 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1990Lingulipora zhexiensis Liang p. 100 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2000Lingula Williams et al. p. 32
2002Lingula Sepkoski
2003Lingula Emig
2008Lingula Peng and Shi p. 149

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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
familyLingulidaeGray 1840
genusLingulaBruguiére 1797

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.

G. Lingula Bruguiére 1797
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Lingula acutangula Liao 1980
Lingula adamsi Dall 1873
Lingula albapinensis Walcott 1884
Lingula allingi Fisher 1957
Lingula anatina Lamarck 1801
Lingula aoraki Campbell 1987
Lingula arctica Wittenburg 1910
Lingula audebardii Broderip 1834
Lingula beani Phillips 1829
Lingula beanii Phillips 1836
Lingula borealica Kalashnikov 1993
Lingula bottnica Wiman 1903
Lingula bravardi Frenguelli 1930
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
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Invalid names: Lingula mytiloides Meek and Worthen 1873 [synonym], Lingula umbonata White 1884 [synonym]
Lingula clintoni Vanuxem 1842
Lingula complanata Williams 1882
Lingula craneae Davidson 1876
Lingula crassa Eichwald 1859
Lingula credneri Geinitz 1848
Lingula cretacea Lundgren 1885
Lingula davidsoni Oppel 1856
Lingula deitersensis Pflücker 1868
Lingula delia Hall 1867
Lingula demissa Gerassimov 1955
Lingula densa Hall 1867
Lingula derbyi Clarke 1899
Lingula desiderata Hall 1863
Lingula divulgata Sinclair 1945
Lingula dregeri Andreae 1893
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Invalid names: Lingula suessi Dreger 1889 [replaced]
Lingula elliptica Makridin 1957
Lingula elliptica Phillips 1836
Lingula forbesi Billings 1865
Lingula freboldi Gobbett 1963
Lingula fuyuanensis Liao 1980
Lingula gorbyi Miller 1892
Lingula halli White 1862
Lingula hyperborea Ifanova 1972
Lingula indianensis Miller and Gurley 1894
Lingula ingens Spencer 1884
Lingula jaspidea Adams 1863
Lingula kedonensis Dagys 1965
Lingula kolymaensis Zavodowsky 1968
Lingula lamellata Hall 1843
Lingula leana Hall 1867
Lingula ligea Hall 1867
Lingula ligea nevadensis Walcott 1884
Lingula liurjakhensis Kalashnikov 1993
Lingula lonensis Walcott 1884
Lingula longoviciensis Terquem 1851
Lingula louisianensis Weller 1914
Lingula marginata Phillips 1836
Lingula marginia Feng 1978
Lingula meeki Herrick 1888
Lingula membranacea Winchell 1863
Lingula metensis Terquem 1851
Lingula minima Sowerby 1839
Lingula nanimensis Healey 1908
Lingula nikitini Sarycheva and Sokolskaja 1952
Lingula nitida Meek and Hayden 1861
Lingula oblata Hall 1843
Lingula olenekensis Dagys 1965
Lingula ovalis Sowerby 1813
Lingula ovata Dana 1847
Lingula parva Smith 1871
Lingula percorrugata Talent 1963
Lingula pyramidata Stimpson 1860
Lingula reevei Davidson 1880
Lingula reevii Davidson 1880
Lingula rostrum Show 1798
Lingula sacculus Chapuis and Dewalque 1854
Lingula selwyni Whiteaves 1877
Lingula semen Broderip 1834
Lingula spatulata Vanuxem 1842
Lingula squamiformis Phillips 1836
Lingula sterlini Makridin 1964
Lingula sturti Morton 1982
Lingula subcircularis Wirth 1912
Lingula subelliptica Mansuy 1912
Lingula subovalis Davidson 1852
Lingula subspatulata Hall and Meek 1855
Lingula subtenuissima Kiparisova 1940
Lingula suessi Stoppani 1865
Lingula sulcatiferea Grabau 1931
Lingula tenuis Henry 1876
Lingula truncata Sowerby 1836
Lingula tumida Feng 1978
Lingula tumidula Reeve 1841
Lingula varsoviensis Worthen 1884
Lingula whitei Walcott 1884
Lingula xinlinensis Lee and Gu 1980
Invalid names: Lingula foliaceusa Liang 1990 [nomen dubium], Lingulipora zhexiensis Liang 1990 [nomen dubium]
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 mobilef
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:49:06
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:49:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Pleistocene or 509.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 504.5 Ma

Collections (1065 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Anhui) L. sp. (125520)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3663)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Sichuan) L. sp. (5420 7281)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) L. sp. (7729)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (YunNan) L. sp. (7736)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ShanXi) L. sp. (8003)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) L. sp. (332)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Nevada) L. sp. (77186)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) L. sp. (8568)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Sichuan) L. sp. (7273 7278)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina L. sp. (8869)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan) L. sp. (7700)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Yunnan) L. sp. (7291 7292)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (HeBei) L. sp. (7984)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (YunNan) L. sp. (7742)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) L. sp. (104193 104218)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) L. sp. (335)
Whiterockian - Mohawkian470.0 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) L. sp. (10767)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) L. sp. (20699)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina L. sp. (9026)