Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1961. New genera and subgenera of Mesozoic Bivalvia. Palaeontology 4(4):592-598

Parent taxon: Astartidae according to L. R. Cox 1961

See also Cox et al. 1969, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Hemipelex, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia

Subtaxa: Ensio agassizii Ensio eastonii

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Type: Ptychomya agassizii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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