Phylum - Brachiopoda
Common name: Lamp Shells
Name derivation: “arm foot”
- Class: Craniata
- Class: Lingulata
- Class: Rhynchonellata
- Class: Chileata EXTINCT
- Class: Kutrginata EXTINCT
- Class: Obolellata EXTINCT
- Class: Paterinata EXTINCT
- Class: Strophomenata EXTINCT
Order Count: 26
Family Count: 456
Genus Count: 1,742
Species Count: 3,397
Earliest Fossil Record: Early Cambrian 538 - 521 mya
Habitat: Marine
Size Range: 1 mm to 10 cm
Notes: Based on Catalogue of Life as of March 2025