Lingulellotretidae Explained

Lingulellotretidae is an extinct family of brachiopods, with an extended pseudointerarea, including some soft-shelled representatives.^[1]

The lingulellotretids are possibly close relatives of the Siphonotretids.^[2]

Soft tissue is occasionally known.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Balthasar, U. And Butterfield, N. J. 2009. Early Cambrian ‘soft-shelled’ brachiopods as possible stem-group phoronids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 307–314.
2. Valentine. James L.. Brock. Glenn A. . 2003 . A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-western New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum . 55. 2. 231–244. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1378 .
3. Zhang, Z., Han, J., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Guo, J., and Shu, D. (2007). Note on the gut preserved in the Lower Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from southern China. Acta Zool. 88, 65–70.