Mapingtichia longlinensis Li 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

Full reference: L. Li. 1986. Brachiopod names, in The Brachiopods and the boundary of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian in Longlin region, Guangxi. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 11:217-237

Belongs to Mapingtichia according to L. Li 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Yichang IGMR 562107. Its type locality is GP20, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Longyin Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GP20, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county

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