Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina (Mentzelia) balatonica

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325

Belongs to Mentzelia according to J. Palfy 2003

Sister taxa: Mentzelia ampla, Mentzelia glabra, Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia minor, Mentzelia naliensis, Mentzelia ptychitiphila, Mentzelia punjabica, Mentzelia rhaetica, Mentzelia salaria, Mentzelia scabrula, Mentzelia sinuata, Mentzelia subspherica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Felso-Ors (Budapest coll), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in the Recoaro Formation of Hungary