Dictyoclostoidea xuanenensis Ni 1977 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae

Full reference: S. Ni. 1977. Brachiopoda names. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:306-470

Belongs to Dictyoclostoidea according to S. Ni 1977

Sister taxa: Dictyoclostoidea changxingensis, Dictyoclostoidea davidi, Dictyoclostoidea kiangsiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dachengchi, Shadaogou, Xuan'en County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dachengchi, Shadaogou, Xuan'en County

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