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Astarte (Coelastarte) livingstonensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy

Astarte (Coelastarte) livingstonensis was named by Imlay (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aitkeni, A. alta, A. antipodum, A. ayersi, A. boum, A. camertonensis, A. cantabrigiensis, A. contjeani, A. cotteausia, A. culebrensis, A. curvirostris, A. deltoidea, A. depressa, A. depressoides, A. didimtuensis, A. elegans, A. eugonia, A. fimbriata, A. griesbachi, A. hobleyi, A. kenti, A. laurentiana, A. lonjiensis, A. madseni, A. mandawaensis, A. martini, A. mitoleensis, A. nummus, A. obsoleta, A. packardi, A. pindiroensis, A. polymorpha, A. pretriangulata, A. pulfreyi, A. pumila, A. rotunds, A. scanensis, A. seanensis, A. sieversi, A. spissa, A. subminima, A. trigonula, A. venatorum, A. veneriformis, A. veneris, A. sima, A. paphia, A. pasiphae, A. subsenecta, A. veneriformis, A. isosceles, A. cotteausia, A. icaunensis, Coelastarte dietrichi, Neocrassina rectangula, Neocrassina suprajurensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Astarte (Coelastarte) livingstonensis Imlay

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Astartidae	d'Orbigny 1844
genus	Astarte	Fischer 1887
subgenus	Coelastarte	(Boehm 1893)
species	livingstonensis

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.

†Astarte (Coelastarte) livingstonensis Imlay 1964

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian	171.6 - 167.7	USA (Wyoming)	Astarte livingstonensis (167169 167171 167188)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	USA (Utah)	Astarte livingstonensis (167102 167118)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	USA (Wyoming )	Astarte livingstonensis (167081)
Bajocian - Bathonian	170.3 - 166.1	USA (Utah)	Astarte livingstonensis (171920 171957 171970 172032)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	USA (Wyoming)	Astarte livingstonensis (167250)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	167.7 - 161.2	USA (Utah)	Astarte livingstonensis (169050)