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Astartella tunstallensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astarte tunstallensis was named by King (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, Durham (King collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Astartella tunstallensis by Logan (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Astarte tunstallensis King p. 195 figs. Pl 16, fig 2
1861Astarte tunstallensis Geinitz p. 63
1967Astartella tunstallensis Logan p. 57 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,5

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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
speciestunstallensis()

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
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