Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte symmetrica |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte symmetrica |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Astarte |
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Scientific Name | Astarte symmetrica Conrad, 1834 |
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Name Published In | Conrad, Timothy A. 1834. Descriptions of new Tertiary fossils from the southern states. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 130-157. |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Astarte symmetrica | species | belongs to Astarte | stated without evidence | Conrad, 1834 |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Crassatelloidea) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Crassatelloidea) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. C. Glenn. 1904. Pelecypoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene(Text):274-401 |
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