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Astartella compacta

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella compacta was named by Girty (1915). It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. concentrica, A. lutugini, A. newberryi, A. varic

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Astartella compacta Girty p. 354 figs. pl. 28 f. 4-5a
1930Astartella compacta Kelly p. 148
1961Astartella compacta Hoare pp. 127-128 figs. pl. 15 f. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstartella
speciescompacta

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.

†Astartella compacta Girty 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Virgilian or 312.80000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Astartella compacta (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Astartella compacta (70383)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Astartella compacta (225744 225747 225748 225749 225750 225752 225753 225762 225763 225765 225766 225768 225770 225774)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Astartella compacta (50219)