Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Alternative combination: Reticularia affinis

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202

Belongs to Permophricodothyris according to V. Verna and L. Angiolini 2011

Sister taxa: Permophricodothyris bullata, Permophricodothyris caroli, Permophricodothyris cordata, Permophricodothyris elegantula, Permophricodothyris extensa, Permophricodothyris extensiformis, Permophricodothyris globosa, Permophricodothyris grandis, Permophricodothyris guangxiensis, Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis, Permophricodothyris indica, Permophricodothyris iranica, Permophricodothyris jiangshuiensis, Permophricodothyris nanchuanensis, Permophricodothyris nodosa, Permophricodothyris notialasiatica, Permophricodothyris ovata, Permophricodothyris rotiformis, Permophricodothyris squamularioides, Permophricodothyris squamularoides, Permophricodothyris subgrandis, Permophricodothyris trigonolaris, Permophricodothyris waageni

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 31.7 x 33.4