Superfamily Astartoidea d'Orbigny 1844 (clam)
Synonym: Astartacea d'Orbigny 1844 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Teleodesmacea according to L. C. Glenn 1904
See also Coan et al. 2000, Nevesskaja 2009, Olsson 1931, Parker 1982 and Ride et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Adesmacea, Diagenodonta, Isocardiacea, Teleodonta
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astartoidea in the database