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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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^[1]
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