Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Belongs to Astartella according to B. S. Kues 2004
See also Nicol 1955 and Petty 1975
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 vallisneriana, Astartella vera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (21: New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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