Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Astarte tunstallensis
Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253
Belongs to Astartella according to A. Logan 1967
See also Geinitz 1861 and King 1850
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 vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, Durham (King collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
Distribution:
• Permian of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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