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Dickinsartella pistacina

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Dickinsartella pistacina was named by Larghi (2005). Its type specimen is MPUM 9030, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saiwan, Pachycyrtella Bed I5-0, which is in a Sakmarian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Saiwan Formation of Oman. It is the type species of Dickinsartella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Dickinsartella pistacina Larghi p. 361 figs. Pl 1, figs 22-24; pl 2, figs 1-26; pl 3, figs 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusDickinsartella
speciespistacina

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.

Dickinsartella pistacina Larghi 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height49.836.6013.110.73.31
valve height1512.35.2017.113.53.05

Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:48:16
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:12:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Dickinsartella pistacina (111033 type locality: 111043 111044 111046 111047 111048 111049 111050)