Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and S. Piyasin. 1970. Mid-Permian brachiopods from Khao Phrik, Thailand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 135(3-6):83-197

Belongs to Chonosteges according to J. B. Waterhouse and S. Piyasin 1970

Sister taxa: Chonosteges costellatus, Chonosteges limbatus, Chonosteges magnicostatus, Chonosteges matutinus, Chonosteges multicostatus, Chonosteges pulcher, Chonosteges variabilis

Type specimen: University of Toronto B313, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Khao Phrik, Rat Buri, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf limestone/limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder