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Fimbria astartiformis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Isocardia astartiformis was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Corbis astartiformis by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Fimbria astartiformis by von Wöhrmann (1889); it was recombined as Gonodon astartiformis by Broili (1904); it was recombined as Schafhaeutlia astartiformis by Newton (1923), Jelen (1989), Friesenbichler et al. (2019) and Dominici and Danise (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Isocardia astartiformis Münster
1841Isocardia astartiformis Münster p. 87 figs. Pl 8, fig 24
1865Corbis astartiformis Laube p. 37 figs. Pl 15, fig 5
1889Fimbria astartiformis von Wöhrmann
1904Gonodon astartiformis Broili
1923Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Newton
1989Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Jelen p. 52 figs. Pl 10, fig 5
2019Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Friesenbichler et al.
2024Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Dominici and Danise p. 24 fig. 9D,E,K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusFimbriaMühlfeldt 1811
speciesastartiformis()

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.

Fimbria astartiformis Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Carnian or 235.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany Fimbria astartiformis (206009 206011 206041)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Fimbria astartiformis (206002)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Isocardia astartiformis (type locality: 137429)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria Fimbria astartiformis (149436)