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, Hemipelex, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Praeconia matura Praeconia rhomboidalis Praeconia seguini Praeconia subovalis Praeconia terminalis
Type: Astarte terminalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (5), Hong Kong (4), Hungary (2), India (4), Italy (5), Japan (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Iran (5)
Total: 40 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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