Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Crurithyris pusilla

Full reference: L.P. Zhan. 1979. Taxonomic Descriptions. The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of the Late Permian from Guangdong 1-166

Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen 2006

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

Type specimen: K-0185. Its type locality is Gedingzhai, Renhua County, Changxing Fm, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 4.89 x 5.16, valve 7.37 x 5.16