Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428
Belongs to Leptodus according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980
Sister taxa: Leptodus cancriniformis, Leptodus deminutus, Leptodus elongatus, Leptodus guadalupensis, Leptodus hemisphaericus, Leptodus hoshanensis, Leptodus huangi, Leptodus kaluzinensis, Leptodus nobilis, Leptodus oldhaminoides, Leptodus ovatus, Leptodus richthofeni, Leptodus tenuis, Leptodus trapezium, Leptodus tumenlingensis, Leptodus wuchangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanbian, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 11.7 x 12.8