Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Alternative combinations: Marginifera gratiodentalis, Productus gratiodentalis
Synonym: Productus occidentalis Schellwien 1892 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1934. Early Permian fossils of China. I. early Permian brachiopods, pelecypods, and gastropods of Kweichow. Paleontologia Sinica, ser. B. 8(3):1-214
Belongs to Alexenia according to L. Li et al. 1986
See also Fantini Sestini 1965, Grabau 1934, Jin and Ye 1979, Liao 1979, Schellwien 1892 and Schellwien 1900
Sister taxa: Alexenia alta, Alexenia mucronata, Alexenia occidentalis, Alexenia protexta, Alexenia subquadrata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), China (6)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Italy (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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