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Astartella minuta

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella minuta was named by Zhang (1977). Its type specimen is IV55275, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Houshan, Dafu, Qujiang County (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Astartella minuta Zhang p. 488 figs. Pl 192, 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(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstartella
speciesminuta

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 minuta Zhang 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available