Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combinations: Costispinifera lopingensis, Marginifera lopingensis, Productus lopingensis

Full reference: E. Kayser. 1883. Obercarbonische fauna von Lo-Ping. China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 4:160-208

Belongs to Spinomarginifera according to Z. Q. Chen 2009

Sister taxa: Spinomarginifera alpha, Spinomarginifera chengyaoyenensis, Spinomarginifera ciliata, Spinomarginifera ciliata, Spinomarginifera concentrica, Spinomarginifera costata, Spinomarginifera giganta, Spinomarginifera grandis, Spinomarginifera helica, Spinomarginifera intercedens, Spinomarginifera iranica, Spinomarginifera janus, Spinomarginifera jiaozishanensis, Spinomarginifera jisuensis, Spinomarginifera kathwaiensis, Spinomarginifera kueichowensis, Spinomarginifera labaensis, Spinomarginifera lopingensiformis, Spinomarginifera plana, Spinomarginifera plena, Spinomarginifera pseudosintanensis, Spinomarginifera pygmaea, Spinomarginifera qaidamensis, Spinomarginifera qiaotingensis, Spinomarginifera semicircridge, Spinomarginifera shizhongensis, Spinomarginifera sichuanensis, Spinomarginifera spatiosa, Spinomarginifera spinosocostata, Spinomarginifera sulcata, Spinomarginifera tuberculatiformis, Spinomarginifera yuduensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 12.6 x 14.5, valve 14.1 x 18.9