Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Full reference: S. Z. Shen, G. R. Shi, and N. W. Archbold. 2003. A Wuchiapingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from an exotic block in the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone, southern Tibet, and its palaeobiogeographical and tectonic implications. Palaeontology 46(2):225-256
Belongs to Zhejiangospirifer according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Zhejiangospirifer abnormalis, Zhejiangospirifer depressus, Zhejiangospirifer insinuatus
Type specimen: NMV P308132, a partial shell (Incomplete conjoined shell). Its type locality is Zhongbei Block, Lhaze County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Quxia Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zhongbei Block, Lhaze County
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