Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak. 2007. Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) bivalves from the Karai Formation, Uttattur Group, of the Cauvery Basin, south India. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 72:1-101
Belongs to Goodallia according to G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak 2007
Sister taxa: Astarte (Goodallia) americana, Astarte (Goodallia) trigonella, Goodallia (Ancliffia), Goodallia (Goodallia), Goodallia salebrosa
Type specimen: ARI G2910/1, a shell. Its type locality is Odiyam locality 3, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Karai Formation of India.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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