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Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Astarte obliquata Sowerby
1850Astarte obliquata Wood p. 189
2007Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Hendy

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816
subgenusDigitariopsis(Chavan 1952)
speciesobliquata(Sowerby 1817)

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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.62000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Astarte obliquata (89445)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Astarte obliquata (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Astarte burtinii (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Astarte obliquata (80674)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Astarte obliquata (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Astarte obliquata (84764 84819) Astarte obliquata, Astarte burtinii (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Astarte obliquata (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Astarte obliquata (86807)