Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Crurithyris inflata

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006

Sister taxa: Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia pusilla, Orbicoelia speciosa, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi, Orbicoelia tumibilis

Type specimen: AMNH 27323/1:1

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder