Lingula anatina

Lingula anatina
Lingula anatina from Stradbroke Island, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Lingulata
Order: Lingulida
Family: Lingulidae
Genus: Lingula
Species:
L. anatina
Binomial name
Lingula anatina
Lamarck, 1801

Lingula anatina is a brachiopod species in the genus Lingula. Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish intertidal habitat.

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