Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Full reference: G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu. 1983. Systematic Description: Brachiopods. Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 84-128

Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu 1983

Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minor, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sibirica, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitsbergensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Qieermagou Bed 1, 73YPVIIF3-2, Xiahuancang, Tianjun District, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Qieerma Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 16.9 x 3.6