†subfamily Astartilinae Waterhouse 1969 (clam)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Parent taxon: Megadesmidae according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Astartila, Carnauba, Crassiconcha, Ferrazia, Huabiella, Jacquesia, Megadesminae, Megadesmus, Plesiocyprellinae, Plesiocyprinellinae, Pleurikodonta, Pyramus, Romaniamya, Unklesbayella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astartilinae in the database