Astartidae

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Astartidae
Astarte trigonata R-klep.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
Family: Astartidae
d'Orbigny, 1844
Genera and species

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Astartidae is a family of bivalves related in the order Carditida.[1]

Astartidae taxonomy[]

  • Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816
    • J. G. Jeffreys, 1881
    • (J. E. Gray, 1824)
    • Dall, 1903
    • Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) – northern astarte
    • Astarte castanea (Say, 1822) – chestnut astarte
    • Carpenter, 1864
    • (Da Costa, 1778)
    • (J. E. Gray, 1824)
    • Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) – elliptical astarte
    • (Baird, 1863)
    • Habe, 1964
    • Dall, 1886
    • Dall, 1903
    • (Dall, 1871)
    • (Dillwyn, 1817)
    • Dall, 1886
    • Dall, 1903
    • Gould, 1841
    • Dall, 1886
    • Astarte subaequilatera Sowerby, 1854 – lentil astarte
    • (Decosta, 1778)
    • Astarte undata Gould, 1841 – waved astarte
    • Dall, 1903
    • Dall, 1917
  • S. Wood, 1853
  • Turton, 1822

References[]

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 40-42.


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