Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Full reference: B. F. Zhang. 1977. Taxonomic names in Anthozoa section. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:109-270
Belongs to Plerophyllum according to B. F. Zhang 1977
Sister taxa: Plerophyllum angustum, Plerophyllum australe, Plerophyllum calvatum, Plerophyllum flexiseptatum, Plerophyllum fragile, Plerophyllum guangxiense, Plerophyllum guizhouense, Plerophyllum jiangbuense, Plerophyllum jiangsuense, Plerophyllum radiciforme, Plerophyllum schindewolfi, Plerophyllum sulcatum, Plerophyllum tibeticum, Plerophyllum weberi, Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense, Plerophyllum ziyunense
Type specimen: IV16003. Its type locality is Ande, Jingxi County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ande, Jingxi County
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