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Astartella doulingensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astartella doulingensis was named by Fang (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 71824, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Douling, Changning (Douling Fm, Upper Mb), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Douling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Astartella doulingensis Fang p. 393 figs. Pl 7, figs 14,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstartella
speciesdoulingensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height25.394.496.465.471.39

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Griesbachian or 264.28000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Hunan) Astartella doulingensis (107815 107825)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Astartella doulingensis (95695 type locality: 97261 107816 107820)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Astartella doulingensis (205988)