Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Praeconia matura Praeconia rhomboidalis Praeconia seguini Praeconia terminalis
Type: Astarte terminalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), France (5), Germany (5), Hungary (2), India (4), Italy (5), Japan (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Iran (5)
Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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