Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: C. Z. Chen. 1982. Some late Palaeozoic and Triassic bivalves from Xizang. Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Paleontology of Xizang 4:221-224
Belongs to Astartella according to C. Z. Chen 1982
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 raricostata, Astartella simulans, Astartella stefaniae, Astartella subquadrata, Astartella symmetrica, Astartella toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Type specimen: Its type locality is Qubu Zhaga valley, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Qubuerga Formation of China
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Qubu Zhaga valley
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