Porcauricula Qian and Bengston 1989 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida

Parent taxon: Tommotiida according to C. B. Skovsted et al. 2009

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eccentrotheca, Kelanellidae, Kennardiidae, Kulparina, Lapworthellidae, Mitrosagophora, Paterimitra, Shetlandia, Sunnaginiidae, Tannuolinidae, Tommotiidae, Wufengella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed Mb07, Meishucun section (Cambrian of China)

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