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Astartella aueri

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella aueri was named by Boyd and Newell (1968). Its type specimen is AMNH 28479, a valve (Left valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AMNH2010, Beaver Creek, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Astartella aueri Boyd and Newell p. 45 figs. 7D-G, 8C-J, 10, 22-24

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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
speciesaueri

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 aueri Boyd and Newell 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height508.213.8015.07.803.21

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Wyoming) Astartella aueri (type locality: 81512)