Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Alternative combination: Paraleptodus hemisphaericus
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 M. E. Clapham 2011
Sister taxa: Leptodus cancriniformis, Leptodus deminutus, Leptodus elongatus, Leptodus guadalupensis, Leptodus hoshanensis, Leptodus huangi, Leptodus kaluzinensis, Leptodus minor, Leptodus nobilis, Leptodus oldhaminoides, Leptodus ovatus, Leptodus richthofeni, Leptodus tenuis, Leptodus trapezium, Leptodus tumenlingensis, Leptodus wuchangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wuchang County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 17.1 x 16.3