Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Astarte ambiensis
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Astartella according to R. J. Zhang 1977
See also Nakazawa and Newell 1968 and Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Astartella adenticulata, Astartella aueri, Astartella cavernata, Astartella clinata, Astartella compacta, Astartella concentrica, Astartella consimilis, Astartella doulingensis, Astartella gemmifera, Astartella guangxingensis, Astartella gurleyi, Astartella huangnijiangensis, Astartella illinoiensis, Astartella meridionalis, Astartella minuta, Astartella multicostata, Astartella nasuta, Astartella obliqua, Astartella omolonica, Astartella permocarbonica, Astartella pindensis, Astartella progenetrix, Astartella pusilla, Astartella quadrata, Astartella qubuensis, Astartella raricostata, Astartella simulans, Astartella stefaniae, Astartella subquadrata, Astartella symmetrica, Astartella toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Type specimen: Its type locality is Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), Pakistan (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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