Astartila elusa Reed 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79

Belongs to Astartila according to F. R. C. Reed 1932

Sister taxa: Astartila blatchfordi, Astartila condoni, Astartila fletcheri, Astartila intrepida, Astartila obscura, Astartila runnegari, Astartila salaria, Astartila sedgwicki, Astartila tumida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bren Spur Horizon 1, which is in a Sakmarian coastal shale in the Agglomeratic Slate Formation of India

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bren Spur Horizon 1

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