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Astarte (Ashtarotha)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ashtarotha Dall p. 936
1903Astarte (Ashtarotha) Dall p. 1493 fig. 22
1981Astarte (Ashtarotha) Vokes p. 165
2002Ashtarotha Sepkoski

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816
subgenusAshtarotha(Dall 1903)

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.

Subg. †Astarte (Ashtarotha) Dall 1903
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Astarte trigonoequilaterata (72083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Astarte undulata (92759 92760 92761 92762 92764)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Jersey) Astarte undulata (92756)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Astarte pansyrta (92379) Astarte sp. (92545)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Astarte sima (42870 42886 43014 43023 43024 43031 43032 43036 43046 80021)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Astarte undulata (59328 59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Astarte undulata (59293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Astarte floridana (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Astarte undulata (60660 61293 78272 79709)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Astarte undulata (59301 59309 59331)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Astarte floridana (59486 80037 80039 80044) Astarte glenni, Astarte floridana (59487) Astarte vaughani (94809)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Astarte undulata (80083)