Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
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 Echinauris according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Echinauris bella, Echinauris boulei, Echinauris circularis, Echinauris crassa, Echinauris doulingensis, Echinauris huehuetenanguensis, Echinauris irregularis, Echinauris lappacea, Echinauris lateralis, Echinauris liumbona, Echinauris magna, Echinauris opuntia, Echinauris parva, Echinauris productelloides, Echinauris subhorrida, Echinauris subquadrata, Echinauris venustula, Echinauris zhexiensis
Type specimen: USNM 152710e, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 17.7 x 17.3