Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: D. L. Sun. 1981. The Mesozoic brachiopods of Xizang. Palaeontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 177-260
Belongs to Sellithyris according to D. L. Sun 1981
Sister taxa: Sellithyris binalubensis, Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris coxwellensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris gratianopolitensis, Sellithyris middlemissi, Sellithyris phaseolina, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Langshan Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County
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