Mapingtichia Li 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

Full reference: L. Li. 1986. Brachiopod names, in The Brachiopods and the boundary of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian in Longlin region, Guangxi. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 11:217-237

Parent taxon: Enteletidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camerenteletes, Enteletella, Enteletes, Enteletina, Parenteletes, Peltichia

Subtaxa: Mapingtichia longlinensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GP20, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county (Permian of China)

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