Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428

Belongs to Rhipidomella according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Rhipidomella carbonaria, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella corallina, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subcircularis, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vediensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Miaoling, Wangqing County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Miaoling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 10.1 x 18.2