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Astartella toyomensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella toyomensis was named by Nakazawa and Newell (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kitazawa, Toyoma-cho, Tome-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Toyoma Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Astartella toyomensis Nakazawa and Newell
1969Astartella toyomensis Murata p. 19 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-17
1982Astartella toyomensis Li et al. p. 311 figs. Pl 119, fig 8

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstartella
speciestoyomensis

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Astartella toyomensis Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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Diagnosis
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