Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Full reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533

Belongs to Leptochondria according to R. J. Zhang 1977

Sister taxa: Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidaneus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis

Type specimen: IV55248, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Qiyueshan, Lichuan County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 0.944