Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203
Belongs to Astartella according to C. Larghi 2005
See also Dickins 1963
Sister taxa: Astartella adenticulata, Astartella ambiensis, 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 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: UWA 45419, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Mount Sandiman Woolshed, 2.2 miles S, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (5 collections), Oman (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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