Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Alternative combinations: Leptochondria alberti, Monotis albertii

Belongs to Leptochondria according to J. Sha and J. A. Grant-Mackie 1996

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 11.4, valve length 15.7