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Digitaria

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Digitaria was named by Wood (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Astarte (Digitaria) by Kautsky (1925).

It was assigned to Astarte by Kautsky (1925); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astartidae by Wienrich (1999) and Moths et al. (2010).

Species
D. beyschlagi, D. burdigalensis, D. digitaria, D. forbesi
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. beyschlageri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Digitaria Wood
1925Astarte (Digitaria) Kautsky p. 26
1999Digitaria Wienrich p. 239
2002Digitaria Sepkoski
2010Digitaria Moths et al. p. 21

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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
genusDigitariaWood 1853

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.

G. Digitaria Wood 1853
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†Digitaria beyschlagi Kautsky 1925
†Digitaria burdigalensis Cossmann and Peyrot 1912
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758
†Digitaria forbesi Wood 1874
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Gelasian or 28.10000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark D. koeneni (234515)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) D. koeneni (9170)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) D. beyschlageri (62884)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany D. beyschlagi, D. burdigalensis (111599)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium D. beyschlageri (114830)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium D. beyschlageri (77862 77863 77864 77866 77868 77869)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium D. excurrens, D. digitaria, D. forbesi (86801 86802)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) D. digitaria (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Astarte forbesi (84764) Woodia digitaria (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium D. digitaria (86803 86804 86806) D. digitaria, D. forbesi (86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium D. digitaria (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy D. digitaria (78312)