Lingula anatina
Species of brachiopod
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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.[1]
| Lingula anatina | |
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| 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 | |
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