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Astartinae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Astartinae d'Orbigny
1977Astartinae Adegoke p. 267
1980Astartinae Vokes p. 121
1982Astartinae Dockery p. 65
1983Astartinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 94
1992Astartinae Ward p. 82
2010Astartinae Bouchet et al.
2011Astartinae Carter et al. p. 13

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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
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844

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.

Subfm. Astartinae d'Orbigny 1844
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G. Astarte Sowerby 1816
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Subg. Astarte (Astarte) Sowerby 1816
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Astarte (Astarte) massintonti Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839
Subg. †Astarte (Eriphylopsis) Meek 1876
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Isocrassina basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823
Isocrassina omalii De la Jonkaire 1823
Subg. †Astarte (Neocrassina) Fischer 1887
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Subg. †Astarte (Trautscholdia) Cox and Arkell 1948
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Astarte adkinsi Stoyanow 1949
Astarte altissima Cox 1935
Astarte amygdaloides Lundgren 1895
Astarte andicola Cox 1949
Astarte appressa Gabb 1870
Astarte arctica Gray 1824
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Invalid names: Astarte broweri Meek 1923 [synonym], Astarte loxia Dall 1903 [synonym], Astarte rollandi Bernardi 1859 [synonym]
Astarte awensis Woods 1911
Astarte bayi Lundgren 1895
Astarte biplicata Stefanini 1939
Astarte blanowicensis Roemer 1870
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784
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Invalid names: Astarte fabula Reeve 1855 [synonym], Astarte leffingwelli Dall 1920 [synonym]
Astarte bronni Krauss 1850
Astarte brumpti Basse 1930
Astarte calvertensis Glenn 1904
Astarte castrana Glenn 1904
Astarte claytonrayi Ward 1992
Astarte cobhamensis Ward 1992
Astarte compacta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Astarte polaris Dall 1903 [synonym], Astarte willetti Dall 1917 [synonym]
Astarte compressa Montague 1808
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
Astarte consobrina Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
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Invalid names: Astarte heberti Terquem and Piette 1865 [synonym], Astarte repelini de Brun and Vedel 1919 [synonym]
Astarte corrugata Stanton 1895
Astarte coxi Jaboli 1959
Astarte crebrilirata Wood 1850
Astarte crenata Gray 1824
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Invalid names: Astarte quadrans Gould 1841 [synonym], Astarte semisulcata Moller 1842 [synonym], Astarte subaequilatera Sowerby 1854 [synonym]
Astarte cuneiformis Conrad 1840
Astarte dancalensis Diaz-Romero 1931
Astarte digitaria Linnaeus 1767
Astarte distans Conrad 1862
Astarte durangensis Imlay 1940
Astarte earllergyi Anderson 1958
Astarte elliptica Brown 1827
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Invalid names: Astarte alaskensis Dall 1903 [synonym]
Astarte excurrens Wood 1850
Astarte gracilis Golfuss 1837
Astarte guthriensis Newton 1906
Astarte hartzi Lundgren 1895
Astarte heriensis Fischer 1969
Astarte huralensis Stefanini 1939
Astarte ignekensis Imlay 1961
Astarte incerta Wood 1850
Astarte incrassata Brocchi 1814
Astarte iwayai Ichikawa 1954
Astarte jugosa Forbes 1846
Astarte longirostris Schafhaeutl 1853
Astarte marylandica Clark 1895
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899
Astarte menthifontis Dockery 1982
Astarte minima d'Ossat 1900
Astarte minor Lea 1833
Astarte minutissima Lea 1833
Astarte monroensis Meyer 1897
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817
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Invalid names: Astarte warhami Hancock 1846 [synonym], Nicania banksii Leach 1819 [synonym], Nicania striata Leach 1819 [synonym], Tridonta soror Dall 1903 [synonym]
Astarte mundorffi Richards and Harbison 1947
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840
Astarte neuseana Harris 1919
Astarte nigeriensis Schneegans 1943
Astarte obovata Sowerby 1822
Astarte obruta Conrad 1834
Astarte onslowensis Kellum 1926
Astarte oolitharum Cossmann 1925
Astarte parilis Conrad 1854
Astarte parva Wood 1840
Astarte parvula Wood 1840
Astarte perplana Conrad 1840
Astarte persipulla Repin 2008
Astarte pisiformis Sowerby 1840
Astarte planilamella Dockery 1982
Astarte planissima Forbes 1846
Astarte portana McLearn 1945
Astarte praeobliqua Parona 1890
Astarte protracta Meyer 1886
Astarte pygmaea Golfuss 1837
Astarte rappahannockensis Gardner 1943
Astarte saemanni de Loriol 1936
Astarte scotica Maton and Rackett 1807
Astarte scrivenori Newton 1906
Astarte sergipensis Maury 1936
Astarte similis Munster 1840
Astarte spitiensis Stoliczka 1866
Astarte squamula d'Archiac 1843
Astarte stefanini Basse 1930
Astarte subnana Böhm 1891
Astarte subsimilis Böhm 1891
Astarte subvoltzii Chen 1982
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778
Astarte symmetrica Conrad 1834
Astarte tecticosta von Koenen 1897
Astarte tellinoides Conrad 1833
Astarte thisphila Glenn 1904
Astarte thomasii Conrad 1855
Astarte thompsonii Damon 1860
Astarte triangularis Montague 1803
Astarte triangulata Meyer 1886
Astarte triangulatoides Harris 1919
Astarte tuscana Gabb 1864
Astarte undata Gould 1841
Astarte unglina Conrad 1833
Astarte ventricosa Meek 1864
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Invalid names: Astarte aomoriensis Nomura and Hatai 1935 [synonym], Astarte bennettii Dall 1903 [synonym]
Astarte wandeli Lundgren 1895
Astarte wiltoni Morris and Lycett 1855
Invalid names: Crassina Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
G. †Astartopis von Wöhrmann 1889
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G. †Coelastarte Boehm 1893
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Coelastarte excavata Sowerby 1819
Coelastarte fuersichi Aberhan 2007
Coelastarte rzehaki Boehm 1883
G. Gonilia Stoliczka 1871
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Subg. †Gonilia (Ensio) Cox 1961
G. †Hemipelex Gardner and Campbell 2007
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Hemipelex latifalcata Gardner and Campbell 2002
Invalid names: Hemimenia Gardner and Campbell 2002 [replaced]
G. †Megapraeconia Chavan 1952
G. †Nicaniella Chavan 1945
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Subg. †Nicaniella (Nicaniella) Nicaniella 1945
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Subg. †Nicaniella (Trautscholdia) Cox and Arkell 1948
Nicaniella communis Zittel and Goubert 1861
Nicaniella incae Jaworski 1922
G. †Notoastarte Gardner and Campbell 2002
G. †Prorokia Böhm 1883
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Prorokia sibylla d'Orbigny 1850
G. †Seendia Casey 1961
G. †Sita
G. †Yabea
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 Lochkovian to the top of the Holocene or 419.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 410.8 Ma

Collections (1704 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Astarte sp. (23019)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Astarte sp. (38545)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Astarte emarcerata (42279) Astarte sp. (42277)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Astarte emacerata (31619 31623)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Myophoriopis richthofeni (201999 202000 202028 202029 202030 202032 202037 202038 202039 202040)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Myophoriopis richthofeni (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Myophoriopis richthofeni (205147 205157)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Tokushima) Astarte iwayai (40478)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3USA (Alaska) Astarte sp. (112264 112269 112272 112287)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Germany Astarte longirostris (202142)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.1Singapore Astarte scrivenori, Astarte guthriensis (113863)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Myophoriopis richthofeni (61747)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria Astartopis richthofeni (149436)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Astarte sp. (205273)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Astarte sp. (39896)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Astarte andicola (71787) Astarte incae (71784)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Nevada) Astarte sp. (210696 210699 210700)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Astarte appressa (33202)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) Astarte sp. (204487)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Astarte sp. (112253)