Biology:Astarte subaequilatera

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Astarte subaequilatera
Astarte lens (YPM IZ 050854).jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
Family: Astartidae
Genus: Astarte
Species:
A. subaequilatera
Binomial name
Astarte subaequilatera
Sowerby, 1854

Astarte 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.[1]

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. 42.

Wikidata ☰ Q4810566 entry