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Astarte minima

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Astarte minima d'Ossat p. 109
1929Astarte minima Weir p. 35 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816
speciesminimad'Ossat 1900

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.

Astarte minima d'Ossat 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height15.00

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: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 170.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6United Kingdom (England) Astarte minima (38381)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6United Kingdom (England) Astarte minima (38382)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Poland Astarte minima (124922)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Astarte minima (94519)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian154.8 - 154.8Kenya Astarte minima (161822)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Kenya Astarte minima (161485)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany Astarte minima (13367 13368 13369 13371 13381 13393)