Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

Belongs to Glyptosteges according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Glyptosteges angustus, Glyptosteges intricatus, Glyptosteges percostatus, Glyptosteges sulcatus

Type specimen: USNM 152671c, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 12.6 x 16.8