Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 26384

Parent taxon: Obolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Fordinia, Gorjanskya, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Notiobolus, Obolopsis, Obolus, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Squamilingulella, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca

Subtaxa: Oepikites acutes, Oepikites elongatus, Oepikites fragilis, Oepikites kitatiensis, Oepikites macilentus, Oepikites triquetrus

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Type: Oepikites macilentus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder