It is known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale (Canada) to the Upper Ordovician Bromide Formation (United States) in North America.

[7][8] 346 specimens of Lingulella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.66% of the community.

[6] The brachiopod is thought to have been a generalist, as it appears consistently throughout the strata of the Greater Phyllopod bed.

The following species have been identified: Fossils of Lingulella have been found in:[11] Australia, Canada (British Columbia, New Brunswick), China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greenland, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, the Russian Federation, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming).

Argentina, Australia, Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China, Colombia (Serranía de la Macarena, Meta), the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Poland, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Alabama, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia).