Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

Full reference: R. X. Zhao and Z. X. Tan. 1984. Lower Permian brachiopods from Sangzhi, Hunan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(1):20-31

Belongs to Enteletes according to R. X. Zhao and Z. X. Tan 1984

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 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 tschernyscheffi, Enteletes tschernyschewi, Enteletes waageni, Enteletes wannanensis, Enteletes wolfcampensis, Enteletes wordensis

Type specimen: Hunan Geological Bureau HB274. Its type locality is Rencunping section, bed 13, RCF35, Sangzhi County, which is in a Wordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 23.5 x 25.1