Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. Paleontology of the Manzano group. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 389:40-141

Belongs to Astartella according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso et al. 2012

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 guthriensis, Astartella huangnijiangensis, Astartella meridionalis, Astartella minuta, Astartella multicostata, Astartella nasuta, Astartella obliqua, Astartella omolonica, Astartella permocarbonica, Astartella pindensis, Astartella progenetrix, Astartella pusilla, Astartella raricostata, Astartella simulans, Astartella symmetrica, Astartella toyomensis, Astartella tunstallensis, Astartella vallisneriana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 3.07 x 2.02, valve length 5.11