Astarte thisphila
UNB-2018-0683Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cariditida
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte (Sowerby, 1816)
Species: Astarte thisphila (Glenn, 1904)
Specimen of the left valve with prominent growth lines. Small, triangular umbo. Heterdont dentition. Rounded ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin. Evidence of predation.
Specifications
| Object name | Astarte thisphila |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0683 |
| 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 Middle Miocene |
| Numeric age | 16 Mya |
| Origin | Calvert County, Maryland, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- L. C. Glenn. 1904. Pelecypoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene(Text):274-401