<i>Lingula anatina</i> (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

<i>Lingula anatina</i>

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Lingula is one of the oldest brachiopods having survived to the present day. It is considered by biologists to be a living fossil what means the organism which has remained unchanged over the past millions of years.

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Image taken by Elena Temereva.

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