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Coelastarte excavata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astarte excavata was named by Sowerby (1819). It is the type species of Coelastarte.

It was recombined as Coelastarte excavata by Böhm (1893), Aberhan (2007) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Astarte excavata Sowerby p. 57 figs. Pl. 233
1893Coelastarte excavata Böhm
1916Astarte excavata Douvillé p. 50 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 4-5
2007Coelastarte excavata Aberhan
2014Coelastarte excavata Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusCoelastarte(Boehm 1893)
speciesexcavata(Sowerby 1819)

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.

Coelastarte excavata Sowerby 1819
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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: Bajocian or 170.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Egypt Astarte excavata (171091)