Coelastarte Boehm 1893 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Parent taxon: Astartinae according to M. Aberhan 2007

Sister taxa: Astarte, Astartopis, Gonilia, Megapraeconia, Nicaniella, Notoastarte, Parisiella, Prorokia, Seendia, Sita, Yabea

Subtaxa: none

Type: Astarte excavata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (4 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Chile (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (2), India (3), Japan (2), Madagascar (1), Portugal (3), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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