Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Astarte vallisneriana
Belongs to Astartella according to A. Logan 1967
See also Geinitz 1861, Howse 1857, King 1850, Newell 1955 and Trechmann 1945
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 toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Greenland (2 collections), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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