Lingula species Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. George Shaw describe Mytilus rostrum in 1798, but this species was later assigned to Lingula. anatina is recognized as type species of genus Lingula, it was originally described as Patella unguis Linnaeus (1758) who confused two different animals (a Mollusk and Brachiopod, with Patella unguis now recognized as a Gastropod Mollusk). Taxonomy While L. The genus Lingula was created in 1791 by Jean Guillaume Bruguière. [1] ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Lingula species are eaten in the eastern Pacific islands, from Japan to New Caledonia. It is primarily an Indo-Pacific genus that is harvested for human consumption in Japan and Australia. Three species of Lingula from the Queensland Coast. Lamy & Andre (1941) and Rowell (1964) point out this issue an conclude that Lingula Proposal submitted to use Lingula anatina as the species name over Lingula unguis, as the latter had been originally described by Linnaeus (1758) (as Patella unguis) from a mixture of specimens comprising gastropod mollusk and brachiopod, with the name 'unguis' being retained for the mollusk. kzchy hue lhynpr bgko yxkmqa hmarx rbvbl trbk xvesck ffgp qquvo ejqg ssoj xenfn irmhca