Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Alternative combination: Qilianoconcha lens

Full reference: Y. G. Jin, D. L. Sun, and S. L. Ye. 1979. Mesozoic brachiopod names. Paleontological atlas of northwest China, Qinghai Volume 1:131-217

Belongs to Tosuhuthyris according to D. L. Sun and S. L. Ye 1982

Sister taxa: Tosuhuthyris obliquus, Tosuhuthyris sulcus

Type specimen: NIGP 42878. Its type locality is Xiaoduosuo River 607-12, Muli, Tianjun County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Junzihe Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 12.1 x 8.1