Astarte elliptica

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Astarte elliptica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte
Species:
A. elliptica
Binomial name
Astarte elliptica
(T. Brown, 1827)
Synonyms [1]
  • Crassina ellipticaT. Brown, 1827 [2]
  • Crassina ovataT. Brown, 1829 [3]
  • Astarte intermediaG. B. Sowerby II, 1855 [4]
  • Astarte elongaHøpner Petersen, 2001 [5]

Astarte 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. [6]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:


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