Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: Z. X. Tong. 1978. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:210-267
Belongs to Orthotichia according to Z. X. Tong 1978
Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia japonica, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia kozlowskii, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: Sb 4005. Its type locality is Lengshuixi, Qixia Fm, Shizhu County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lengshuixi, Qixia Fm, Shizhu County
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