Astarte minor
UNB-2018-0716Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte (Sowerby, 1816)
Species: Astarte minor (Lea, 1833)
Four small specimens; Two specimens of the left valve and two specimens of the right valve. Each specimen is under a microslide. Faint growth lines are visible. Triangular umbo. Rounded ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Astarte minor |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0716 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Ypresian to Bartonian |
| Numeric age | 56 - 41.2 Mya |
| Origin | Claiborne, Alabama, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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