Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: J. Hall. 1858. Palaeontology of Iowa. Report of the Geological Survey of the state of Iowa 1(2):473-724
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to M. Hautmann et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: 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 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (12 collections), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Permian to Triassic of China (4)
• Permian of Argentina (1), Australia (5), China (45), Greece (5), Greenland (2), India (1), Japan (12), Mexico (3), Oman (3), Pakistan (13), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (18), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (40: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), Mexico (2), Peru (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), United States (158: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 348 collections including 417 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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