Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: D. L. Yang. 1991. The brachiopod fauna of Early Permian early Qixia stage, Yishan area, Guangxi and its significance. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 17:81-92
Belongs to Composita according to D. L. Yang 1991
Sister taxa: Athyris (Composita) indosinensis, Athyris (Composita) semirostrata, Composita affinis, Composita apheles, Composita apsidata, Composita argentea, Composita bamberi, Composita bucculenta, Composita costata, Composita cracens, Composita crassa, Composita depressa, Composita discina, Composita elongata, Composita emarginata, Composita enormis, Composita gigantea, Composita girtyi, Composita globosa, Composita grandis, Composita hapsida, Composita huagongensis, Composita idahoensis, Composita imbricata, Composita insulcata, Composita jogensis, Composita laevis, Composita lewisensis, Composita magnicarina, Composita mexicana, Composita minuscula, Composita mira, Composita misriensis, Composita nucella, Composita obesa, Composita ovata, Composita parasulcata, Composita pikensis, Composita pilula, Composita plana, Composita prospera, Composita pyriformis, Composita quadrirotunda, Composita quantilla, Composita rotunda, Composita sigma, Composita stalagmium, Composita strongyle, Composita subcircularis, Composita subquadrata, Composita subtilita, Composita sulcata, Composita tareica, Composita tetralobata, Composita tobaensis, Composita trinuclea
Type specimen: IV47637. Its type locality is Yishan section GY147, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yishan section GY147
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