Astartidae

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Astartidae
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Astarte trigonata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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 sulcata Astarte sulcata 001.jpg
Astarte sulcata

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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.