Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Alternative combination: Parapulchratia nitens

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 Chenxianoproductus according to Z.-Q. Chen et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Chenxianoproductus abrendanensis, Chenxianoproductus changxingensis, Chenxianoproductus intercedens, Chenxianoproductus nachodkensis

Type specimen: NIGP 74185. Its type locality is Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County, 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): valve 13.6 x 17.5