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Astarte onslowensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astarte onslowensis was named by Kellum (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; North Carolina]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aalensis, A. adabofolensis, A. aitkeni, A. allobrogensis, A. alta, A. amygdala, A. annosa, A. antipodum, A. anus, A. aureliae, A. ayersi, A. aytonesis, A. banksi, A. beaumonti, A. bennetti, A. berryi, A. boum, A. buchii, A. burtini, A. callosa, A. camertonensis, A. cantabrigiensis, A. carlottensis, A. castanella, A. chartroni, A. coheni, A. contejeani, A. contjeani, A. corbuloides, A. cordata, A. cotteausia, A. crebicostale, A. crenata, A. crenulirata, A. culebrensis, A. cuneata, A. curvirostris, A. deeplali, A. deltoidea, A. depressa, A. depressoides, A. didimtuensis, A. dimidiata, A. dimiditia, A. disparilis, A. elegans, A. elegans, A. elevata, A. elongata, A. emacerata, A. emarcerata, A. episcopalis, A. eugonia, A. exaltata, A. fimbriata, A. fusca, A. fusca, A. germaini, A. germani, A. gigantea, A. giggantea, A. girardoti, A. gleni, A. gleuei, A. goldfussi, A. gracilicostula, A. gregaria, A. grgantea, A. griesbachi, A. guembeli, A. gueuxii, A. hakodatensis, A. helvetica, A. hemicymata, A. hobleyi, A. hoelzli, A. impolitum, A. irregularis, A. isosceles, A. isosocles, A. karajmanica, A. kenti, A. kickxi, A. kumamotoensis, A. laurentiana, A. lefebvrei, A. lonjiensis, A. lurida, A. lyuliyaensis, A. madseni, A. major, A. malonensis, A. mandawaensis, A. mantica, A. marcouana, A. martini, A. marwicki, A. mitoleensis, A. montagui, A. montagui, A. morini, A. morion, A. muelleri, A. mulleri, A. natosini, A. newtonensis, A. nortonensis, A. numerosa, A. numismalis, A. nummus, A. obsoleta, A. octolirata, A. opulentora, A. packardi, A. paupertina, A. pindiroensis, A. planimarginata, A. polymorpha, A. porrecta, A. praeveneris, A. pretriangulata, A. proruta, A. pulfreyi, A. pulla, A. pumila, A. radians, A. richardsoni, A. robusta, A. rotunds, A. rustica, A. scanensis, A. seanensis, A. sieversi, A. sima, A. sima, A. sinuata, A. solidula, A. sowerbyanus, A. spissa, A. striatosulcata, A. subcordiformis, A. subcostata, A. subminima, A. submultistriata, A. subpontis, A. subrugata, A. subsenecta, A. subtetragona, A. sulcata, A. supracorallina, A. thomasi, A. transversa, A. trigonata, A. trigonula, A. undulata, A. undulata, A. undulata, A. unilateralis, A. vaginulata, A. valangiensis, A. vaughani, A. veneriformis, A. veneris, A. veneris, A. venkatappayyi, A. veta, A. vetula, A. voltzii, A. wagneri, A. weissermeli, A. concentrica, A. floridana, A. glenni, A. sima, A. trigonoequilaterata, A. vaughani, A. corbuloides, A. costata, A. defecta, A. goldfussi, A. goldfussi, A. gracilis, A. gracilis, A. lopsiyaensis, A. lyapinensis, A. pandei, A. paphia, A. pasiphae, A. pygmaea, A. sakamotoensis, A. semicostata, A. subsenecta, A. subsenecta, A. subtetragona, A. veneriformis, A. sima, A. isosceles, A. wagneri, A. cotteausia, A. icaunensis, A. morion, A. grateloupi, A. cotswoldensis, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioiides, A. extensa, A. higoensis, A. multiformis, A. semicostata, A. sukuboensis, A. supraextensa, A. mirabilis, A. ogawensis, A. grateloupi, A. levigrandis, A. akatsui, A. akatsui, A. kambarensis, A. shimanoensis, A. shinanoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Astarte onslowensis Kellum p. 36 figs. pl. 8, figs. 8-10
1943Astarte onslowensis Richards p. 520
1992Astarte onslowensis Ward p. 85
2008Astarte onslowensis Hendy et al.

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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
speciesonslowensis

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 onslowensis Kellum 1926
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Astarte onslowensis (71651)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Astarte onslowensis (71652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Astarte onslowensis (type locality: 41987)