Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cuesta et al. 2026 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Hemipelex, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Coelopis Heteropis Opis Opisoma Prosocoelus Seebachia Trigonastarte Trigonopis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Egypt (1), France (7), Japan (6), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (2), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (41: Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon , Texas), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Chile (4), China (2), Egypt (4), Ethiopia (3), France (20), Germany (8), Hungary (1), India (12), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (5), Japan (6), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (6), Oman (1), Poland (1), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (20), Slovenia (2), Somalia (8), Spain (37), Tanzania (9), Thailand (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Wyoming )
• Triassic of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (6), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (6), Italy (8), Singapore (1)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Luxembourg (2)
Total: 292 collections including 331 occurrences