Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1979. Uppermost Carboniferous brachiopods from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(6):527-546
Belongs to Orthotichia according to Z. T. Liao 1979
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 lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: NIGP 51269. Its type locality is Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Shazitang Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County
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