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Permartella quadrata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Permartella quadrata was named by Yancey (1985). Its type specimen is UM 10159 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H. S. Lee Formation of Malaysia. It is the type species of Permartella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Permartella quadrata Yancey p. 1295 figs. 3.6-3.13

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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
genusPermartella
speciesquadrata

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.

Permartella quadrata Yancey 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height112.5----
valve height314.112.018.512.63.59

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 - 274.4Malaysia Permartella quadrata (type locality: 51566)