Astartidae Explained

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

Astartidae taxonomy

• Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816
  • Astarte acuticostata J. G. Jeffreys, 1881
  • Astarte arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)
  • Astarte bennetti Dall, 1903
  • Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) – northern astarte
  • Astarte castanea (Say, 1822) – chestnut astarte
  • Astarte compacta Carpenter, 1864
  • Astarte crebricostata (Da Costa, 1778)
  • Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824)
  • Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) – elliptical astarte
  • Astarte esquimalti (Baird, 1863)
  • Astarte filatovae Habe, 1964
  • Astarte globula Dall, 1886
  • Astarte laurentiana
  • Astarte liogona Dall, 1903
  • Astarte mirabilis (Dall, 1871)
  • Astarte montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Astarte nana Dall, 1886
  • Astarte polaris Dall, 1903
  • Astarte quadrans Gould, 1841
  • Astarte smithii Dall, 1886
  • Astarte subaequilatera Sowerby, 1854 – lentil astarte
  • Astarte sulcata (Decosta, 1778)
  • Astarte triangularis
  • Astarte undata Gould, 1841 – waved astarte
  • Astarte vernicosa Dall, 1903
  • Astarte willetti Dall, 1917
• Digitaria S. Wood, 1853
  • Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Goodallia Turton, 1822
  • Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)

Notes and 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.