Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Waagenites quadrata
Full reference: L.P. Zhan. 1979. Taxonomic Descriptions. The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of the Late Permian from Guangdong 1-166
Belongs to Tethyochonetes according to W. H. He et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Tethyochonetes chaoi, Tethyochonetes convexa, Tethyochonetes dissulcata, Tethyochonetes flatus, Tethyochonetes guizhouensis, Tethyochonetes liaoi, Tethyochonetes longtanensis, Tethyochonetes pigmaea, Tethyochonetes soochowensis, Tethyochonetes striata, Tethyochonetes wongiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shuizhutang, Lianxian Area, Shuizhutang Fm, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Shuizhutang Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): valve 4.69 x 7.75