Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Coelopis Heteropis Opis Opisoma Prosocoelus Seebachia Trigonastarte Trigonopis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), Egypt (1), France (7), Japan (6), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (39: Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon , Texas), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Chile (4), China (2), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (3), France (20), Germany (8), Hungary (1), India (11), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (4), Japan (6), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (6), Oman (1), Poland (1), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (20), Slovenia (2), Somalia (8), Spain (37), Tanzania (9), Thailand (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Wyoming )
• Triassic of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (6), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (6), Italy (5), Singapore (1)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Luxembourg (2)
Total: 278 collections including 316 occurrences