Lingula
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Lingula anatina (left)
See also: lingula
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), or possibly from lingula (“spoon”).
Proper noun
†Lingula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lingulidae – certain intertidal brachiopods from the Tertiary (and perhaps Cretaceous) to the present.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Brachiopoda - phylum; Lingulata - class; Lingulida - order; Linguloidea - superfamily; Lingulidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lingula adamsi, Lingula anatina (type species), Lingula dregeri, Lingula eocenica, Lingula parva, Lingula reevii, Lingula rostrum, Lingula tenuis, Lingula translucida, Lingula tumidula, Lingula waikatoensis (species)
References
Lingula (brachiopod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lingula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Lingula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Lingula at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Lingula at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Lingula at Paleobiology Database
