Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. Paleontology of the Manzano group. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 389:40-141
Belongs to Astartella according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso et al. 2012
See also Chronic 1952, Ciriacks 1963, Clifton 1942, Girty 1908, Muromtseva and Guskov 1984 and Winters 1963
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 symmetrica, Astartella toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (3 collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), United States (2: New Mexico)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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