Strophomenata - Productida - Richthofeniidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng. 1986. Late Changxingian brachiopods from Huatang of Chenxian County, southern Hunan. Memoir of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 22:71-97

Belongs to Richthofenia according to Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng 1986

Sister taxa: Richthofenia anshunensis, Richthofenia caucasica, Richthofenia elegans, Richthofenia guangdeensis, Richthofenia lawrenciana, Richthofenia orientalis, Richthofenia sinensis, Richthofenia ussurica

Type specimen: NIGP 74187. Its type locality is Sanhe Section, Changxing Fm, Huatang, Chenxian, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 22.0 x 19.4