Glossellinae

Belongs within: Linguloidea.

The Glossellinae are a group of brachiopods with elongate shells known from the Ordovician (Holmer & Popov 2000).

Characters (Holmer & Popov 2000): Shell elongate, slightly unequivalved, postlarval ornamentation commonly papillose; dorsal posterior margin more or less thickened, but lacking pseudointerarea; ventral pseudointerarea well developed, with elevated propareas.

<==GlossellinaeR65
    |--Glossella Cooper 1956R65
    |    `--*G. papillosa Cooper 1956R65
    |--Glyptoglossella Cooper 1960 [=Glyptoglossa Cooper 1956 non Brenske 1895]R65
    |    `--*G. cavellosa (Cooper 1956) [=*Glyptoglossa cavellosa]R65
    |--Leptobolus Hall 1871 [=Leptobulus]R65
    |    `--*L. lepis Hall 1871R65
    |--Pachyglossella Cooper 1960 [=Pachyglossa Cooper 1956 nec Hodgson 1843 nec Fauvel 1868]R65
    |    `--*P. dorsiconvexa (Cooper 1956) [=*Pachyglossa dorsiconvexa]R65
    |--Plectoglossa Cooper 1956R65
    |    `--*P. oklahomensis Cooper 1956R65
    |--Anx Havlíček 1980HP00
    |    `--*A. angens Havlíček 1980HP00
    |--Casquella Percival 1978HP00
    |    `--*C. bifida Percival 1978HP00
    |--Fezzanoglossa Havlíček in Havlíček & Massa 1973HP00
    |    `--*F. fezzanica Havlíček in Havlíček & Massa 1973HP00
    |--Libyaeglossa Havlíček in Havlíček & Massa 1973HP00
    |    `--*L. collombi Havlíček in Havlíček & Massa 1973HP00
    |--Rafanoglossa Havlíček 1980HP00
    |    `--*R. impar (Barrande 1879) [=Lingula impar]HP00
    |--Spondyloglossella Havlíček 1980HP00
    |    `--*S. spondylifera Havlíček 1980HP00
    |--Tunisiglossa Massa, Havlíček & Bonnefous 1977HP00
    |    `--*T. tripolitanea Massa, Havlíček & Bonnefous 1977HP00
    |--Ectenoglossa Sinclair 1945R65
    |    |--*E. lesueuri (Rouault 1850) [=Lingula lesueuri]R65
    |    `--E. brunnschweileri Fletcher 1964F71
    `--Lachrymula Graham 1970HP00
         |--*L. inusitata Graham 1970HP00
         `--L. pringlei Graham 1970HB93

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F71] Fletcher, H. O. 1971. Catalogue of type specimens of fossils in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Australian Museum Memoir 13: 1–167.

[HB93] Harper, D. A. T., C. H. C. Brunton, L. R. M. Cocks, P. Copper, E. N. Doyle, A. L. Jeffrey, E. F. Owen, M. A. Parkes, L. E. Popov & C. D. Prosser. 1993. Brachiopoda. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 427–462. Chapman & Hall: London.

[HP00] Holmer, L. E., & L. E. Popov. 2000. Lingulata. In: Kaesler, R. L. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt H. Brachiopoda, Revised vol. 2. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea (part) pp. 30–146. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).

[R65] Rowell, A. J. 1965. Inarticulata. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt H. Brachiopoda vol. 1 pp. H260–H296. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas Press: Lawrence (Kansas).