Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Full reference: L.E. Popov, J.C.W. Cope, and I.F. Nikitin. 2004. A new Ordovician rostroconch mollusc from Kazakhstan. Alcheringa 27(3):173-179

Belongs to Eopteria according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Eopteria agustini, Eopteria alta, Eopteria asiatica, Eopteria conocardiformis, Eopteria crassa, Eopteria flora, Eopteria ornata, Eopteria richardsoni, Eopteria struszi, Eopteria trilobita, Eopteria typica, Eopteria ventricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 1017, eastern outskirts of Aiten village, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Angrensor Formation of Kazakstan

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder