Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Full reference: C. M. Hu. 1990. Terebratulid descriptions, in Carboniferous and Permian brachiopods of the Ngari area. Palaeontology of Ngari, Tibet 80-88
Belongs to Heterelasma according to C. M. Hu 1990
Sister taxa: Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium, Heterelasma angulatum, Heterelasma concavum, Heterelasma contortum, Heterelasma contrerasi, Heterelasma geniculatum, Heterelasma gibbosum, Heterelasma glansfagea, Heterelasma lenticularia, Heterelasma magnum, Heterelasma pentagonum, Heterelasma quadratum, Heterelasma shumardianum, Heterelasma solidum, Heterelasma sulciplicatum, Heterelasma venustulum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Duoma, Rutog County, Tunlonggongba Formation, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Tunlonggongba Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Duoma, Rutog County, Tunlonggongba Formation
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