Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Full reference: R. L. Feng. 1978. Brachiopod names. Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China, Guizhou Volume 2:231-305

Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to R. L. Feng 1978

Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea minor, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sibirica, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitsbergensis, Orbiculoidea taskrestensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhifang Section, southern Duyun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve 16.7 x 15.7