''Lingula anatina'' is a brachiopod species in the genus '' Lingula''. Like others in its genus, ''L. anatina'' is a

filter feeder Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matters, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a s ...

that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish intertidal habitat.

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Lingulata Animals described in 1801 {{brachiopod-stub