Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Synonym: Crassinella Bayle 1878 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to A. Kaim et al. 2014
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Neocrassina (Coelastarte) Neocrassina californica Neocrassina elegans Neocrassina gueuxi Neocrassina obliqua
Type: Astarte obliqua
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: California)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Cuba (1), France (2), Germany (5), Greenland (2), Hungary (2), India (30), Iran (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), New Zealand (11), North Atlantic (1), Poland (1), Portugal (9), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (20), Spain (12), Tanzania (4), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (21), United States (16: Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Wyoming ), Yemen (11)
Total: 172 collections including 182 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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