Huatangia Liao and Meng 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng. 1986. Late Changxingian brachiopods from Huatang of Chenxian County, southern Hunan. Memoir of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 22:71-97

Parent taxon: Paramarginiferini according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alitaria, Bibatiola, Bothrionia, Cathaysia, Eomarginiferina, Paramarginifera, Paryphella, Protoniella, Tethysiella

Subtaxa: Huatangia sulcatifera

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Type: Huatangia sulcatifera

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County (Permian of China)

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