Astarte borealis
| Astarte borealis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Superfamily: | Crassatelloidea |
| Family: | Astartidae |
| Genus: | Astarte |
| Species: | A. borealis
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| Binomial name | |
| Astarte borealis Schumacher, 1817
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Astarte borealis, or the northern astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Massachusetts.[1]
References[]
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 41.
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