Dallinidae is a family of loopbearing
brachiopod
Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...
s belonging to the order
Terebratulida
Terebratulids are one of only three living orders of articulate brachiopods, the others being the Rhynchonellida and the Thecideida. Craniida and Lingulida include living brachiopods, but are inarticulates. The name, Terebratula, may be der ...
.
It is bilaterally symmetrical with a calcite tissue structure. It utilizes a feeding current for obtaining food and reproduces sexually. Occurrences have been observed around the globe, especially in Norway and Tasmania.
Genera
Genera:
* †''
Antigoniarcula''
Elliott, 1959
* ''
Campages''
Hedley, 1905
* ''
Dallina''
Beecher, 1893
* ''
Jaffaia''
Thomson, 1927
* ''
Nipponithyris''
Yabe & Hatai, 1934
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3542958
Terebratulida
Brachiopod families