Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Full reference: H. C. Chen and D. R. Qi. 1982. Anthozoan taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:108-179
Belongs to Cystomichelinia according to H. C. Chen and D. R. Qi 1982
Sister taxa: Cystomichelinia anhuiensis, Cystomichelinia biknia, Cystomichelinia boyangensis, Cystomichelinia chaoxianensis, Cystomichelinia crassitheca, Cystomichelinia euryformis, Cystomichelinia laibinensis, Cystomichelinia laibinensis, Cystomichelinia marginocystosa, Cystomichelinia raretabulata, Cystomichelinia regularis, Cystomichelinia renhuaiensis, Cystomichelinia tonglingensis, Cystomichelinia vesicata
Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-639. Its type locality is Yezhuchong, Qixia Formation, Tongling County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Yezhuchong, Qixia Formation, Tongling County
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