Astarte

Astarte is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the Astartidae family. It was circumscribed by James Sowerby in 1816. As of 2017, WoRMS recognizes approximately 33 species in this genus.

Astarte

George Brettingham Sowerby II · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AstartinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Crassatelloidea

Time the record covers

At least 413 million years on record.

The record covers at least 413.02 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 1742 occurrencesDevonian — about 1 of 1742 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 1742 occurrencesPermian — about 0 of 1742 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1742 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 5 of 1742 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 19 of 1742 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 161 of 1742 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 168 of 1742 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 204 of 1742 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 239 of 1742 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 145 of 1742 occurrencesPaleocene — about 24 of 1742 occurrencesEocene — about 34 of 1742 occurrencesOligocene — about 66 of 1742 occurrencesMiocene — about 212 of 1742 occurrencesPliocene — about 215 of 1742 occurrencesPleistocene — about 203 of 1742 occurrences428–414 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences414–399 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences257–243 Mya — about 4 occurrences243–228 Mya — about 4 occurrences228–214 Mya — about 10 occurrences214–200 Mya — about 32 occurrences200–185 Mya — about 92 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 86 occurrences171–157 Mya — about 164 occurrences157–143 Mya — about 171 occurrences143–128 Mya — about 99 occurrences128–114 Mya — about 95 occurrences114–100 Mya — about 44 occurrences100–86 Mya — about 41 occurrences86–71 Mya — about 40 occurrences71–57 Mya — about 83 occurrences57–43 Mya — about 8 occurrences43–29 Mya — about 71 occurrences29–14 Mya — about 114 occurrences14–0 Mya — about 585 occurrences413.02 Mya11.7 ka428 Mya0 Mya

1,742 occurrences of Astarte on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,742 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

289 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WYorktown — 37.22°N, 76.93°WYorktown — 37.23°N, 76.96°WYorktown — 36.44°N, 77.10°WYorktown — 35.51°N, 77.62°WYorktown — 35.54°N, 77.67°WYorktown — 35.38°N, 77.99°WYorktown — 37.10°N, 76.39°WYorktown — 37.17°N, 76.77°WYorktown — 37.51°N, 77.21°WYorktown — 37.25°N, 76.50°WYorktown — 37.27°N, 76.57°WYorktown — 34.90°N, 78.05°WYorktown — 37.21°N, 76.69°WYorktown — 37.02°N, 76.58°WYorktown — 37.06°N, 76.63°WYorktown — 37.15°N, 76.74°WHiraiga — 39.85°N, 141.97°EHiraiga — 40.00°N, 141.83°EHiraiga — 40.09°N, 141.84°EHiraiga — 39.93°N, 141.95°ECoralline Crag — 52.05°N, 1.36°ECoralline Crag — 52.08°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.12°N, 1.55°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.07°N, 1.35°ELillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°EOpalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EOpalinuston — 47.68°N, 8.52°ERed Crag — 51.97°N, 1.35°ERed Crag — 51.85°N, 1.28°ERed Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°EChoptank — 38.53°N, 76.52°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.50°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.17°N, 76.80°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WKirkwood — 39.36°N, 74.42°WKirkwood — 39.46°N, 75.30°WKirkwood — 39.40°N, 75.04°WKirkwood — 38.99°N, 74.82°WKirkwood — 38.94°N, 74.91°WKirkwood — 39.08°N, 74.82°WKirkwood — 39.47°N, 75.35°WKirkwood — 39.43°N, 75.23°WKirkwood — 39.15°N, 74.69°WKirkwood — 39.00°N, 75.12°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.23°N, 111.27°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.98°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.30°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.38°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.20°N, 110.61°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.94°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.61°N, 110.89°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WLower Lias — 51.80°N, 1.88°WPresumpscot — 44.23°N, 69.78°WPresumpscot — 43.80°N, 70.19°WPresumpscot — 43.31°N, 69.78°WPresumpscot — 43.63°N, 70.05°WPresumpscot — 43.50°N, 70.44°WPresumpscot — 44.80°N, 68.78°WPresumpscot — 43.64°N, 70.26°WPresumpscot — 43.23°N, 70.81°WPresumpscot — 43.91°N, 69.97°WPresumpscot — 44.13°N, 68.87°WNeuburg — 48.73°N, 11.18°EProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.77°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.77°N, 85.15°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 85.00°WGubik — 70.90°N, 155.96°WGubik — 70.07°N, 151.39°WGubik — 70.85°N, 158.81°WGubik — 71.39°N, 156.48°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.75°N, 76.69°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.63°N, 76.51°WRed Bluff — 30.98°N, 88.73°WRed Bluff — 31.81°N, 88.69°WRed Bluff — 31.66°N, 88.66°WRed Bluff — 31.84°N, 88.75°WTolo Channel — 22.44°N, 114.28°ETolo Channel — 22.45°N, 114.22°ETolo Channel — 22.49°N, 114.32°EKap Kobenhavn — 82.38°N, 21.00°WKap Kobenhavn — 82.47°N, 21.00°WKap Kobenhavn — 82.54°N, 20.50°WKap Kobenhavn — 81.00°N, 21.00°WWaccamaw — 34.33°N, 78.20°WWaccamaw — 34.29°N, 78.51°WWaccamaw — 34.17°N, 78.60°WWaccamaw — 33.86°N, 78.55°WWaccamaw — 33.63°N, 79.16°WFjerritslev — 56.56°N, 10.01°E

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The named rock units Astarte has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 265 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 537 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Astarte and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Astarte and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,024 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,073 sites for Astarte, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

332 references

Each of the 1,742 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 320 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Astarte

Credit
George Brettingham Sowerby II
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Astarte crenata · USNM:IZ:USNM 765264

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
wrimpr
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Everything alive alongside itAstartinae through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sowerby 1816