Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula illinoiensis, Nucula illinoisensis
Belongs to Astartella according to H. G. Schenck 1939
See also Worthen 1884 and Worthen 1890
Sister taxa: Astartella adenticulata, Astartella ambiensis, Astartella aueri, Astartella cavernata, Astartella clinata, Astartella compacta, Astartella concentrica, Astartella consimilis, Astartella doulingensis, Astartella gemmifera, Astartella guangxingensis, Astartella gurleyi, Astartella huangnijiangensis, 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: found only at Third Member of the Paradice member ( of Arizona)
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