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Astartila fletcheri ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4950690	https://www.gbif.org/species/4950690
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	134553	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134553

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Astartila : Astartila fletcheri

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Megadesmidae : Astartila : Astartila fletcheri

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida
superfamily	Edmondioidea
family	Megadesmidae	Vokes 1967
genus	Astartila	Dana 1847
species	Astartila fletcheri	Dickins 1956

Generic Name

Astartila

Scientific Name

Astartila fletcheri Dickins, 1956

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Astartila fletcheri	species	belongs to Astartila	stated with evidence	Dickins, 1956

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

272 - 269 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pholadomyida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pholadomyida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. M. Dickins. 1956. Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29:1-42

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Astartila fletcheri Dickins p. 17 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-9; text-fig 1

References

Dickins J. M. (1956) Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29, 1-42

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!

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