Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Full reference: R. L. Feng. 1978. Brachiopod names. Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China, Guizhou Volume 2:231-305
Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to R. L. Feng 1978
Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea affinis, Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea armstrongi, Orbiculoidea batesvillensis, Orbiculoidea capax, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea cincta, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea concentrica, Orbiculoidea damanensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea forbesa, Orbiculoidea gibba, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea keokuk, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea konincki, Orbiculoidea kullsbergensis, Orbiculoidea liaoi, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nitida, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea pileolus, Orbiculoidea platymitraformis, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea radiata, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sampsoni, Orbiculoidea semipolita, Orbiculoidea shallochensis, Orbiculoidea sodalis, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis, Orbiculoidea stincharensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea varsoviensis, Orbiculoidea verum, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea winsnesi, Orbiculoidea wisnesi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea xinguensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhifang Section, southern Duyun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zhifang Section, southern Duyun County
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