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Astartinae
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astartinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 19 (10%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Crassatelloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Crassatelloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Astarte genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,665 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Astartella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 315 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Astartellopsis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Coelastarte ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Hemimenia genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Megapraeconia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Neocrassina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 161 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Nicaniella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 359 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Notoastarte genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Oxyloma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Prorokia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1844 | Astartinae d'Orbigny |
| 1980 | Astartinae Vokes p. 121 |
| 1982 | Astartinae Dockery p. 65 |
| 1983 | Astartinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 94 |
| 1992 | Astartinae Ward p. 82 |
| 2010 | Astartinae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Astartinae Carter et al. p. 13 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
