Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Full reference: M. Murata. 1973. Triassic fossils from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan, Part 1, Pelecypods and Brachiopods of the Osawa and the Fukkoshi Formations. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:267-275

Belongs to Leptochondria according to M. Murata 1973

Sister taxa: Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidaneus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis

Type specimen: IGPS 92661, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Hikado, Motoyoshi-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Osawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 12.0 x 1.1, valve length 14.1