Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Full reference: Y. Qian and Z. Zhou. 1984. Middle and early Upper Cambrian trilobites from Kunshan, Jiangsu with reference to their distribution in the Lower Yangtze Region. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(2):170-184

Belongs to Dorypygella according to Y. Qian and Z. Zhou 1984

Sister taxa: Teinistion lansi, Teinistion liaoningensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Teinistion tangshihlingensis, Teinistion typicalis, Teinistion yangi, Dorypygella hsihsienensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ma'an Shan, Kunshan , which is in a Guzhangian carbonate limestone/dolomite in China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore