Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and V. J. Gupta. 1983. An early Djulfian (Permian) brachiopod faunule from upper Shyok Valley, Karakorum Range, and the implcations for dating of allied faunas from Iran and Pakistan. Contributions to Himalayan Geology 2: Stratigraphy and Structure of Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya 188-233

Belongs to Spinomarginifera according to J. B. Waterhouse and V. J. Gupta 1983

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 kueichowensis, Spinomarginifera labaensis, Spinomarginifera lopingensiformis, Spinomarginifera lopingensis, 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

Type specimen: USNM 153712, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve 6.08 x 8.01