Notothyris shizilingensis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: W. P. Liang. 1990. Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province. Geological Memoirs 2(10):1-522

Belongs to Notothyris according to W. P. Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris acuta, Notothyris berkeyi, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris planiplicata, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris qujiangensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris riparia, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris subvesicularis, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu

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