Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae

Alternative combination: Lissochonetes brevisulcus

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212

Belongs to Capillonia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxon: Capillonia semicircularis

Type specimen: NZGS BR917. Its type locality is GS1456, Steel's House Quarry, Clinton (G45/f9498), which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 10.0 x 15.8, valve 9.45 x 14.43