Lingula

See also: lingula

Translingual

Lingula anatina (left)

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“tongue”) +‎ -ula (“diminutive suffix”), or possibly from lingula (“spoon”).

Proper noun

†Lingula f

1. 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