Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: K. Nakazawa and N.D. Newell. 1968. Permian bivalves of Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 35(1):1-108
Belongs to Astartella according to J. H. Li et al. 1982
See also Murata 1969
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 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 tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kitazawa, Toyoma-cho, Tome-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Toyoma Formation of Japan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (8)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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