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

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 Encyclopedia of Life
Lingula at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Lingula at Paleobiology Database

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