Freiastarte Chavan 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Parent taxon: Eriphylinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiaraus, Astartemya, Crassatellina, Disparilia, Eriphyla, Eriphylopsis, Herzogina, Lirodiscus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Cameroon (1), Denmark (2), Germany (2), Japan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6)

• Jurassic of Yemen (1)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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