Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

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

Sister taxa: Eliva depressa, Eliva inflata, Eliva lyra, Eliva mignon, Eliva panduriformis, Eliva timorensis, Eliva xinjiangensis

Type specimen: USNM 154567b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 15.5 x 14.5, valve 14.1 x 14.7