†Middalya Dickins 1956 (clam)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 131975
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1956. Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29:1-42
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to J. M. Dickins 1956
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Nargunella, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Middalya johnstonei
Type: Middalya johnstonei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder