Astarte cuneiformis
UNB-2018-0680Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte (Sowerby, 1816)
Species: Astarte cuneiformis (Conrad, 1840)
Specimen of the right valve with prominent growth lines. Small, triangular umbo. Adductor scars are visible on the interior part of the valve. Heterodont dentition. Rounded/straight ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Astarte cuneiformis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0680 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene to Helvetian |
| Numeric age | 16 Mya |
| Origin | Plum Point, Maryland, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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