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Astartella guangxingensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella guangxingensis was named by Liang (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yujiabeigou, Huanggangliang Fm, Guangxing, Keshenketeng, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Huanggangliang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. concentrica, A. lutugini, A. newberryi, A. varic
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-06-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Astartella guangxingensis Liang p. 432 figs. Pl 183, fig 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—Heterodonta(Neumayr 1884)
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstartella
speciesguangxingensis

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.

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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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Astartella guangxingensis (type locality: 111767)