Biology:Astarte elliptica

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Astarte elliptica
Astarte elliptica 2008-09-07-4.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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[5]
  • G. B. Sowerby II, 1855[3] T. Brown, 1827[1]
  • Høpner Petersen, 2001[4] Crassina ovata
  • Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1829[2]
  • Astarte intermedia Astarte elonga

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]

References

  1. Brown, Thomas (1827). "Plate XVIII". Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars. Fig. 3. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41107065. 
  2. Brown, Thomas (October 1829). "Description of Five New British Species of Shells". The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science 1: 12; Pl. 1, Figs. 8-9 
  3. Sowerby, G. B.. "Astarte intermedia". Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or, Monographs of Genera of Shells. 2. London: Sowerby. p. 779. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937142. 
  4. Høpner Petersen, G. (2001). "Astarte elonga n. sp. Holotype. ZMU-BIV-356". Studies on some Arctic and Baltic Astarte species (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Meddelelser om Grønland, Bioscience. 52. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-87-635-1256-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=xKczgWRiOcAC&pg=PA49. 
  5. Gofas, Serge (2004). "Astarte elliptica (Brown, 1827)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138821. 
  6. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 41.

Wikidata ☰ Q3014829 entry