Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae
Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35
Belongs to Retzia radialis according to T. Davidson 1862
See also Broili 1922, Chen 2004, Diener 1903, Frech 1911, Grabau 1931, He et al. 2008, Lee and Gu 1980, Licharew and Kotlyar 1978, Reed 1931, Rothpletz 1892, Schellwien 1900, Shen et al. 2003, Shimizu 1961, Tazawa 2008, Waagen 1883 and Zeng et al. 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Retzia radialis grandicosta in the database