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Astartella clinata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella clinata was named by Hoare (2007). Its type specimen is OSU 52413, a shell (whole shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Somerset Cut Limestone quarry, east side County Road 96, 2.1 km N County Rd 96, which is in a Chesterian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Maxville Limestone Formation of Ohio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Astartella clinata Hoare p. 72 figs. 6.1 - 6.3

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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
genusAstartella
speciesclinata

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.

†Astartella clinata Hoare 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available