Astartidae

Astartidae
Astarte trigonata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditoida
Superfamily: Crassitelloidea
Family: Astartidae
d'Orbigny, 1844
Genera and species

See text.

Astartidae is a family of bivalves related to the family Carditoida or venus clams.[1]

Astartidae Taxonomy

Astarte sulcata

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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