Lingula (brachiopod)

Lingula
Temporal range:
Lingula anatina, shell (top), full habitus (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Lingulata
Order: Lingulida
Family: Lingulidae
Genus: Lingula
Bruguière, 1791
Type species
Lingula anatina
Lamarck, 1801
Species
  • L. adamsi Dall, 1873
  • L. anatina Lamarck, 1801 = L. affinis, L. hirundo, L. lepidula, L. murphiana, L. nipponica, L. smaragdina, L. unguis, Tertiary to recent
  • L. dregeri Andreae, 1893
  • L. eocenica Moroz & Ermokhyna, 1990, Lower Eocene
  • L. parva Smith, 1871
  • L. reevii Davidson, 1880 = L. ovalis
  • L. rostrum (Shaw, 1798) = Mytilus rostrum, L. bancrofti, L. exusta, L. hians, L. jaspidea, Lower Pliocene to recent
  • L. tenuis Sowerby, 1812
  • L. translucida Dall, 1921
  • L. tumidula Reeve, 1841 = L. compressa
  • L. waikatoensis Pen, 1930
Synonyms

Ligula, Ligularius, Lingularius, Pharetra

Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula or forms very close in appearance have existed possibly since the Cambrian. Like its relatives, it has two unadorned organo-phosphatic valves and a long fleshy stalk. Lingula lives in burrows in barren sandy coastal seafloor and feeds by filtering detritus from the water. It can be detected by a short row of three openings through which it takes in water (sides) and expels it again (middle).

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