Astarte thisphila
UNB-2018-0685Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte (Sowerby, 1816)
Species: Astarte thisphila (Glenn, 1904)
Small 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 ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Astarte thisphila |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0685 |
| 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