Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Belongs to Astartella according to A. N. Sayre 1930
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 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 varica, Astartella vera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Station 46. 4.5 miles WSW of Elsmore (Carboniferous of Kansas)
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