Astartidae
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Astartidae is a family
of bivalves related to the large family Veneridae
or venus clams.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of bivalves related to the large family Veneridae
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, also known as the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source.Many of the most...
or venus clams.
Astartidae Taxonomy
- Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816
- Astarte acuticostata J. G. Jeffreys, 1881
- Astarte arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Astarte bennetti DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1903 - Astarte borealisAstarte borealisAstarte 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....
(Schumacher, 1817) — northern astarte - Astarte castaneaAstarte castaneaAstarte castanea, or the chestnut astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to New Jersey....
(SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1822) — chestnut astarte - Astarte compacta CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864 - Astarte crebricostata (Da Costa, 1778)
- Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Astarte ellipticaAstarte ellipticaAstarte elliptica, or the elliptical 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....
(T. Brown, 1827) — elliptical astarte - Astarte esquimalti (Baird, 1863)
- Astarte filatovae Habe, 1964
- Astarte globula DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886 - Astarte laurentiana
- Astarte liogona DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1903 - Astarte mirabilis (Dall, 1871)
- Astarte montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Astarte nana DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886 - Astarte polaris DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1903 - Astarte quadrans Gould, 1841
- Astarte smithii DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886 - Astarte subaequilateraAstarte subaequilateraAstarte subaequilatera, or the lentil astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Florida....
Sowerby, 1854 — lentil astarte - Astarte sulcata (Decosta, 1778)
- Astarte triangularis
- Astarte undataAstarte undataAstarte undata, or the waved astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maryland....
Gould, 1841 — waved astarte - Astarte vernicosa DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1903 - Astarte willetti DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1917
- Digitaria S. Wood, 1853
- Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Goodallia Turton, 1822
- Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)