Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Synonyms: Enteletes obesa Grabau 1931, Enteletes obesus Grabau 1931
Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia. Natural History of Asia 4:1-665
Belongs to Enteletes according to J. I. Tazawa 2011
Sister taxa: Enteletes acutiplicatus, Enteletes andii, 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 tschernyscheffi, Enteletes tschernyschewi, Enteletes waageni, Enteletes wannanensis, Enteletes wolfcampensis, Enteletes wordensis
Type specimens:
- Enteletes andrewsi: Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China
- Enteletes obesa: Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 16.7 x 17.0, valve 10.7 x 11.2