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Astartila intrepida

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4950688https://www.gbif.org/species/4950688
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82569https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82569
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila intrepida
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Megadesmidae : Astartila : Astartila intrepida
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida
superfamilyEdmondioidea
familyMegadesmidaeVokes 1967
genusAstartilaDana 1847
speciesAstartila intrepidaDana 1847
Generic NameAstartila
Scientific NameAstartila intrepida Dana, 1847
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Astartila intrepidaspeciesbelongs to Astartilastated without evidenceDana, 1847
Astartila intrepidaspeciesbelongs to Astartilastated with evidenceDana, 1849
Astartila intrepidaspeciesbelongs to Astartilastated without evidenceWaterhouse, 1969
Astartila intrepidaspeciesbelongs to Astartilastated with evidenceWaterhouse, 1987
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pholadomyida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pholadomyida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Astartila cyprina Dana, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila cyprina
Astartila polita Dana, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila polita
Pachydomus danai de Koninck, 1877GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Pachydomus danai
Astartila transversa Dana, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila transversa
Astartila cytherea Dana, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila cytherea
Astartila robertsii Johnston, 1887GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila robertsii
Pachydomus pusillus (M'Coy, 1847)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Pachydomus pusillus
Astartila cyclas Dana, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila cyclas
Astartila corpulenta Dana, 1849GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila corpulenta
Cardiomorpha pusilla (M'Coy, 1847)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Cardiomorpha pusilla

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Astartila cyclas Dana p. 155
1847Astartila cyprina Dana p. 155
1847Astartila cytherea Dana p. 155
1847Astartila intrepida Dana p. 155
1847Astartila polita Dana p. 155
1847Astartila transversa Dana p. 155
1847Pachydomus ovalis M'Coy p. 302 figs. Pl 14, fig 4
1847Pachydomus pusillus M'Coy p. 302 figs. Pl 16, figs 1, 2
1849Astartila cyprina Dana p. 689 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
1849Astartila cytherea Dana p. 689 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1849Astartila intrepida Dana p. 689 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,5a,b,c
1849Astartila cyclas Dana p. 690 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1849Astartila polita Dana p. 690 figs. Pl 4, figs 2a,b,c
YearName and Author
1849Astartila transversa Dana p. 690 figs. Pl 4, fig 4
1849Astartila corpulenta Dana p. 691 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1877Pachydomus danai de Koninck p. 218 figs. Pl 19, figs 5,5a
1887Astartila robertsii Johnston p. 8
1910Astartila polita Laseron p. 212
1932Astartila ovalis Reed p. 54 figs. Pl 7, fig 6
1936Astartila ovalis Reed p. 11 figs. Pl 3, fig 10; pl 5, fig 15
1936Cardiomorpha pusilla Reed p. 14
1965Astartila intrepida Runnegar p. 245 figs. Pl 15, figs 7-14,16,20
1969Astartila intrepida Waterhouse p. 83
1987Astartila intrepida Waterhouse p. 167 figs. Pl 10, figs 22,23
1988Astartila intrepida Waterhouse p. 196 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; pl 17, figs 3-6,9; pl 18, figs 1-11; pl 19, figs 1-12,15; pl 20, fig 1

References

Dana J. D. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter, American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4, 151-160
M'Coy F. XXVIII. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 134, 298-312
Dana J. D. Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales, United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Atlas: Geology, 681-720
Johnston R. M. Contribution to the palaeontology of the upper Palaeozoic rocks of Tasmania, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1886, 4-18
Laseron C. F. (1910) Palaeontology of the lower Shoalhaven River, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44, 190-225
Reed F. R. C. (1932) New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir, Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20 1, 1-79
Reed F. R. C. (1936) Some fossils from the Eurydesma and Conularia beds (Punjabian) of the Salt Range, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 23 1, 1-36
Runnegar B. (1965) The bivalves Megadesmus Sowerby and Astartila Dana from the Permian of eastern Australia, Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 12 2, 227-252
Waterhouse J. B. (1969) The Permian bivalve genera Myonia, Megadesmus, Vacunella and their allies, and their occurrences in New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 41, 6-141
Waterhouse J. B. (1987) Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198 4-6, 129-333
Waterhouse J. B. (1988) Revision of the bivalved mollusca described by James Dwight Dana 1847-1849 from the Permian of eastern Australia, Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 12 2, 165-228
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