Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative spelling: Astarte (Goodallia)
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to G. Wienrich 1999
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Harris 1919, Riedel 1933 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Astarte (Goodallia) americana Astarte (Goodallia) trigonella Goodallia (Ancliffia) Goodallia (Goodallia) Goodallia australindica Goodallia salebrosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5)
• Miocene of Belgium (12), Denmark (1), Germany (11), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (2), India (2)
Total: 40 collections including 49 occurrences
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