Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova and T.A. Grunt. 2003. New Permian brachiopods of the Order Terebratulida from the southwestern Darvaz (northern Pamirs): 2. Superfamily Terebratuloidea Gray, 1840. Paleontological Journal 37(1):24-30

Belongs to Heterelasmina according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

Sister taxa: Heterelasmina costata, Heterelasmina cuboides, Heterelasmina dieneri, Heterelasmina elegantula, Heterelasmina genuflexa, Heterelasmina latesinuata, Heterelasmina planoventris, Heterelasmina pygmaea

Type specimen: PIN 4104/1054, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Zidadara River Upper Reaches, Locality 1169, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Gundara Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 17.5 x 12.8