Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

Alternative combinations: Enteletes chernyschevi, Enteletes tschernyschewi

Synonyms: Enteletes dieneri Gemmellaro 1899 [objective synonym], Enteletes milleplicata Liang 1990, Enteletes zhejiangensis Liang 1990, Enteletes zhexiensis Liang 1990

Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permocarboniferous fauna of Chitichun No. 1. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-105

Belongs to Enteletes according to M. J. Campi et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Enteletes acutiplicatus, Enteletes andii, Enteletes andrewsi, Enteletes angulatoplicata, Enteletes angulatus, Enteletes asymmatrosis, Enteletes bowsheri, Enteletes carnica, Enteletes carniolicus, Enteletes conjunctus, Enteletes contractus, Enteletes costellatus, Enteletes densus, Enteletes dieneri, Enteletes dumblei, Enteletes dzhagrensis, Enteletes elegans, Enteletes exiguus, Enteletes ferrugineus, Enteletes geniculatus, Enteletes gibbosus, Enteletes globosus, Enteletes granti, Enteletes haugi, Enteletes hemiplicata, Enteletes imperans, Enteletes kayseri, Enteletes laevissimus, Enteletes lamarcki, Enteletes lateroplicatus, Enteletes leonardensis, Enteletes liumbonus, Enteletes lukouensis, Enteletes meridionalis, Enteletes merzbacheri, Enteletes microplocus, Enteletes mioplicata, Enteletes najae, Enteletes nucleolus, Enteletes obscura, Enteletes obsoletus, Enteletes oehlerti, Enteletes pentameroides, Enteletes plummeri, Enteletes pusilloplicata, Enteletes retardata, Enteletes rotundobesus, Enteletes salopeki, Enteletes singularis, Enteletes socialis, Enteletes stehlii, Enteletes subaequivalvis, Enteletes subcircularis, Enteletes subnudus, Enteletes subobesa, Enteletes talimuheensis, Enteletes tenuistriatus, Enteletes tschernyschewi, Enteletes waageni, Enteletes wannanensis, Enteletes wolfcampensis, Enteletes wordensis

Type specimens:

• Enteletes tschernyscheffi: Its type locality is Chitichun No1 Block, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.
• Enteletes dieneri:
• Enteletes milleplicata: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.
• Enteletes zhejiangensis: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.
• Enteletes zhexiensis: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 14.4 x 15.9, valve 9.05 x 8.77