†Eoastarte Ciriacks 1963 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Full reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100
Parent taxon: Eoastartinae according to L. H. C. Mello 1999
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Newell and Boyd 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kaibabella
Subtaxa: Eoastarte primaeva Eoastarte subcircularis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), Pakistan (2), United States (9: Arizona, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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