Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: S.-Z. Shen, T. A. Grunt, and Y.-G. Jin. 2004. A comparative study of Comelicaniidae Merla, 1930 (Brachiopoda: Athyridida) from the Lopingian (Late Permian) of South China and Transcaucasia in Azerbaijan and Iran. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):884-899

Belongs to Araxathyris according to S.-Z. Shen et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Araxathyris abichi, Araxathyris beipeiensis, Araxathyris bruntoni, Araxathyris dilatata, Araxathyris felina, Araxathyris jalaidensis, Araxathyris jiangyouensis, Araxathyris lata, Araxathyris protea, Araxathyris quadrilobata, Araxathyris rectimarginalis, Araxathyris timorensis, Araxathyris tongluensis, Araxathyris undulata, Araxathyris yuananensis

Type specimen: NIGP 135553, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Beifengjing Section, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 16.1 x 15.1, valve 9.77 x 10.59