Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Venus castanea
Belongs to Astarte according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Astarte (Ashtarotha), Astarte (Astarte), Astarte (Bythiamena), Astarte (Carinastarte), Astarte (Digitariopsis), Astarte (Eriphylopsis), Astarte (Grotriania), Astarte (Isocrassina), Astarte (Leckhamptonia), Astarte (Neocrassina), Astarte (Trautscholdia), Astarte (Tridonta), Astarte acerba, Astarte adkinsi, Astarte altissima, Astarte amygdaloides, Astarte andicola, Astarte appressa, Astarte arctica, Astarte awensis, Astarte bayi, Astarte biplicata, Astarte blanowicensis, Astarte borealis, Astarte bronni, Astarte brumpti, Astarte calvertensis, Astarte castrana, Astarte claytonrayi, Astarte cobhamensis, Astarte compacta, Astarte compressa, Astarte concentrica, Astarte consobrina, Astarte corrugata, Astarte coxi, Astarte crebricostata, Astarte crebrilirata, Astarte crenata, Astarte cuneiformis, Astarte dancalensis, Astarte digitaria, Astarte distans, Astarte durangensis, Astarte earllergyi, Astarte elliptica, Astarte excurrens, Astarte gracilis, Astarte guthriensis, Astarte hartzi, Astarte heriensis, Astarte huralensis, Astarte ignekensis, Astarte incerta, Astarte incrassata, Astarte iwayai, Astarte jugosa, Astarte longirostris, Astarte marylandica, Astarte meeki, Astarte menthifontis, Astarte minima, Astarte minor, Astarte minutissima, Astarte monroensis, Astarte montagui, Astarte mundorffi, Astarte mutabilis, Astarte neuseana, Astarte nigeriensis, Astarte obovata, Astarte obruta, Astarte onslowensis, Astarte oolitharum, Astarte parilis, Astarte parva, Astarte parvula, Astarte perplana, Astarte persipulla, Astarte pisiformis, Astarte planilamella, Astarte planissima, Astarte portana, Astarte praeobliqua, Astarte protracta, Astarte pygmaea, Astarte rappahannockensis, Astarte saemanni, Astarte scotica, Astarte scrivenori, Astarte sergipensis, Astarte similis, Astarte spitiensis, Astarte squamula, Astarte stefanini, Astarte subnana, Astarte subsimilis, Astarte subvoltzii, Astarte sulcata, Astarte symmetrica, Astarte tecticosta, Astarte tellinoides, Astarte thisphila, Astarte thomasii, Astarte thompsonii, Astarte triangularis, Astarte triangulata, Astarte triangulatoides, Astarte tuscana, Astarte undata, Astarte unglina, Astarte venatorum, Astarte ventricosa, Astarte vernicosa, Astarte wandeli, Astarte wiltoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection), United States (7: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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