Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1915. Invertebrate paleontology. Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines 13:263-376
Belongs to Astartella according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Girty 1915 and Kelly 1930
Sister taxa: Astartella adenticulata, Astartella ambiensis, Astartella aueri, Astartella cavernata, Astartella clinata, 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 subquadrata, Astartella symmetrica, Astartella toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana, Astartella varica, Astartella vera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (17: Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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