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Astarte elegans

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
A. acerba, A. adkinsi, A. altissima, A. amygdaloides, A. andicola, A. appressa, A. arctica (syn. A. broweri, A. rollandi, A. loxia), A. awensis, A. bayi, A. biplicata, A. blanowicensis, A. borealis (syn. A. fabula, A. leffingwelli), A. bronni, A. brumpti, A. calvertensis, A. castanea, A. castrana, A. claytonrayi, A. cobhamensis, A. compacta (syn. A. polaris, A. willetti), A. compressa, A. concentrica, A. consobrina (syn. A. heberti, A. repelini), A. corrugata, A. coxi, A. crebricostata, A. crebrilirata, A. crenata (syn. A. subaequilatera, A. quadrans, A. semisulcata), A. cuneiformis, A. dancalensis, A. digitaria, A. distans, A. durangensis, A. earllergyi, A. elliptica (syn. A. alaskensis), A. excurrens, A. gracilis, A. guthriensis, A. hartzi, A. heriensis, A. huralensis, A. ignekensis, A. incerta, A. incrassata, A. iwayai, A. jugosa, A. longirostris, A. marylandica, A. meeki, A. menthifontis, A. minima, A. minor, A. minutissima, A. monroensis, A. montagui (syn. Tridonta soror, Nicania striata, A. warhami, Nicania banksii), A. mundorffi, A. mutabilis, A. neuseana, A. nigeriensis, A. obovata, A. obruta, A. onslowensis, A. oolitharum, A. parilis, A. parva, A. parvula, A. perplana, A. persipulla, A. pisiformis, A. planilamella, A. planissima, A. portana, A. praeobliqua, A. protracta, A. pygmaea, A. rappahannockensis, A. saemanni, A. scotica, A. scrivenori, A. sergipensis, A. similis, A. spitiensis, A. squamula, A. stefanini, A. subnana, A. subsimilis, A. subvoltzii, A. sulcata, A. symmetrica, A. tecticosta, A. tellinoides, A. thisphila, A. thomasii, A. thompsonii, A. triangularis, A. triangulata, A. triangulatoides, A. tuscana, A. undata, A. unglina, A. venatorum, A. ventricosa, A. vernicosa (syn. A. aomoriensis, A. bennettii), A. wandeli, A. wiltoni

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816
specieselegans

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 174.70000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Astarte elegans (220494)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Astarte elegans (59478)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Switzerland Astarte elegans (35781 35782 35799 35800 35803 35805 35807 35808 35809 35811 35821 35827 35934 35943 35944 35945 35946 35947 35948 35949 35950 35951 35958 35959 36164 36167 36168 36170)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany Astarte elegans (228458)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Astarte elegans (204100 204101)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Astarte elegans (23887)