Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin and S. Z. Hu. 1978. Brachiopods of the Kuhfeng Formation in south Anhui and Nanking Hills. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 17(2):101-127

Belongs to Martinia according to Z.Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2002

Sister taxa: Martinia abrupta, Martinia acuminata, Martinia acutirostris, Martinia acutomarginalis, Martinia acutomarginiformis, Martinia adentata, Martinia affinis, Martinia angulata, Martinia anorbicularis, Martinia applanata, Martinia attenuatelloides, Martinia avicula, Martinia aviformis, Martinia baiyanhuaensis, Martinia bassa, Martinia berthiaumei, Martinia bisinuata, Martinia bittneri, Martinia buriensis, Martinia camengensis, Martinia carinthiaca, Martinia causaria, Martinia ceres, Martinia circularis, Martinia contracta, Martinia corculum, Martinia cornelia, Martinia cruenta, Martinia debosensis, Martinia decora, Martinia distefanoi, Martinia distorta, Martinia elegans, Martinia elongata, Martinia exigua, Martinia frechi, Martinia fucina, Martinia fulingensis, Martinia gemmellaroi, Martinia glabra, Martinia grandis, Martinia hengshanensis, Martinia hunanensis, Martinia incerta, Martinia karawanica, Martinia kraffti, Martinia lamellosa, Martinia lata, Martinia latisulcata, Martinia lengwuensis, Martinia manchuriensis, Martinia martinezi, Martinia miranda, Martinia mongolica, Martinia nealranchensis, Martinia nipponica, Martinia nucula, Martinia orbicularis, Martinia osborni, Martinia parvula, Martinia periquadrata, Martinia polymorpha, Martinia pusilla, Martinia rectangularis, Martinia renfroae, Martinia rhomboidalis, Martinia rhomboidalis, Martinia rupicola, Martinia semiplana, Martinia semiramis, Martinia sinensis, Martinia sinuata, Martinia spissa, Martinia subapplanata, Martinia subrhomboidalis, Martinia subtriquetra, Martinia timanica, Martinia tongmuqiaoensis, Martinia triquetra, Martinia umbonata, Martinia undatifera, Martinia variabilis, Martinia velebitica, Martinia warthi, Martinia wolfcampensis, Martinia zhexiensis, Martinia ziyunensis, Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 21.3 x 26.2, valve 17.7 x 22.5