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Astartinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59207	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59207

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astartinae

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
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Astartidae	d'Orbigny 1844
subfamily	Astartinae	d'Orbigny 1844

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Astartinae	subfamily	belongs to Astartidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Astartinae	subfamily	belongs to Astartidae	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Astartinae	subfamily	belongs to Astartidae	stated with evidence	Gliozzi and Malatesta, 1983
Astartinae	subfamily	belongs to Astartidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Astartinae	subfamily	belongs to Astartidae	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
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
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

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

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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