Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: Z. X. Tong. 1978. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:210-267
Belongs to Spirigerella according to Z. X. Tong 1978
Sister taxa: Spirigerella alata, Spirigerella bellistriata, Spirigerella derbyi, Spirigerella discors, Spirigerella fusiformis, Spirigerella gigas, Spirigerella grandis, Spirigerella hybrida, Spirigerella media, Spirigerella mendungensis, Spirigerella minuta, Spirigerella numismalis, Spirigerella obovata, Spirigerella ovoidalis, Spirigerella paraliensis, Spirigerella pertumida, Spirigerella praelonga, Spirigerella proxima, Spirigerella rectimarginata, Spirigerella subtriangularis, Spirigerella subtriquetra, Spirigerella teseroi
Type specimen: Sb 4137. Its type locality is Heibayide, Yuexi County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Heibayide, Yuexi County
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