Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159

Belongs to Cryptacanthia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Cryptacanthia indica, Cryptacanthia permiana, Cryptacanthia timanica

Type specimen: USNM 153431a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 7.41 x 7.47, valve 12.0 x 13.7