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Astarte

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Astarte was named by Sowerby (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett R]. It is extant. Its type is Astarte bronni.

It was assigned to Bivalvia by Conrad (1862); to Crassatellidae by Meek (1864); to Astartinae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Ward (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astartidae by Stanton (1895), Packard (1922), Popenoe (1937), Vokes (1981), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Wienrich (1999), Bouchet et al. (2010), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species
A. (Ashtarotha), A. (Astarte), A. (Bythiamena), A. (Carinastarte), A. (Digitariopsis), A. (Eriphylopsis), A. (Grotriania), A. (Isocrassina), A. (Leckhamptonia), A. (Neocrassina), A. (Trautscholdia), A. (Tridonta), A. acerba, A. adkinsi, A. altissima, A. amygdaloides, A. andicola, A. appressa, A. arctica (syn. A. broweri, A. rollandi, A. loxia), A. awensis, A. bayi, A. biplicata, A. blanowicensis, A. borealis (syn. A. fabula, A. leffingwelli), A. bronni (type species), A. brumpti, A. calvertensis, A. castanea, A. castrana, A. claytonrayi, A. cobhamensis, A. compacta (syn. A. polaris, A. willetti), A. compressa, A. concentrica, A. consobrina (syn. A. heberti, A. repelini), A. corrugata, A. coxi, A. crebricostata, A. crebrilirata, A. crenata (syn. A. subaequilatera, A. quadrans, A. semisulcata), A. cuneiformis, A. dancalensis, A. digitaria, A. distans, A. durangensis, A. earllergyi, A. elliptica (syn. A. alaskensis), A. excurrens, A. gracilis, A. guthriensis, A. hartzi, A. heriensis, A. huralensis, A. ignekensis, A. incerta, A. incrassata, A. iwayai, A. jugosa, A. longirostris, A. marylandica, A. meeki, A. menthifontis, A. minima, A. minor, A. minutissima, A. monroensis, A. montagui (syn. Tridonta soror, Nicania striata, A. warhami, Nicania banksii), A. mundorffi, A. mutabilis, A. neuseana, A. nigeriensis, A. obovata, A. obruta, A. onslowensis, A. oolitharum, A. parilis, A. parva, A. parvula, A. perplana, A. persipulla, A. pisiformis, A. planilamella, A. planissima, A. portana, A. praeobliqua, A. protracta, A. pygmaea, A. rappahannockensis, A. saemanni, A. scotica, A. scrivenori, A. sergipensis, A. similis, A. spitiensis, A. squamula, A. stefanini, A. subnana, A. subsimilis, A. subvoltzii, A. sulcata, A. symmetrica, A. tecticosta, A. tellinoides, A. thisphila, A. thomasii, A. thompsonii, A. triangularis, A. triangulata, A. triangulatoides, A. tuscana, A. undata, A. unglina, A. venatorum, A. ventricosa, A. vernicosa (syn. A. aomoriensis, A. bennettii), A. wandeli, A. wiltoni
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. aitkeni, A. alta, A. antipodum, A. ayersi, A. boum, A. camertonensis, A. cantabrigiensis, A. contjeani, A. cotteausia, A. cotteausia, A. culebrensis, A. curvirostris, A. deltoidea, A. depressa, A. depressoides, A. didimtuensis, A. elegans, A. eugonia, A. fimbriata, A. griesbachi, A. hobleyi, A. icaunensis, A. isosceles, A. kenti, A. laurentiana, A. lonjiensis, A. madseni, A. mandawaensis, A. martini, A. mitoleensis, A. nummus, A. obsoleta, A. packardi, A. paphia, A. pasiphae, A. pindiroensis, A. polymorpha, A. pretriangulata, A. pulfreyi, A. pumila, A. rotunds, A. scanensis, A. seanensis, A. sieversi, A. sima, A. spissa, A. subminima, A. subsenecta, A. trigonula, A. veneriformis, A. veneriformis, A. veneris

Synonyms
  • Crassina was named by Lamarck (1818) [Homonym of a plant]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Astarte by Vokes (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astarte Sowerby
1818Crassina Lamarck
1862Estarte Conrad
1864Astarte Meek p. 50
1895Astarte Stanton p. 56
1922Astarte Packard p. 423
1937Astarte Popenoe p. 386
1977Astarte Adegoke p. 267
1980Astarte Vokes p. 121
1981Astarte Vokes p. 165
1982Astarte Dockery p. 65
1983Astarte Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 94
1987Astarte Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Astarte Ward p. 82
1999Astarte Wienrich p. 236
2002Astarte Sepkoski
2010Astarte Bouchet et al.
2014Astarte Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Astarte Sowerby 1816
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Subg. Astarte (Astarte) Sowerby 1816
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†Astarte (Astarte) massintonti Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839
Subg. †Astarte (Eriphylopsis) Meek 1876
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†Isocrassina basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823
†Isocrassina omalii De la Jonkaire 1823
Subg. †Astarte (Neocrassina) Fischer 1887
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Subg. †Astarte (Trautscholdia) Cox and Arkell 1948
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†Astarte acerba Hanna 1924
†Astarte adkinsi Stoyanow 1949
†Astarte altissima Cox 1935
†Astarte amygdaloides Lundgren 1895
†Astarte andicola Cox 1949
†Astarte appressa Gabb 1870
Astarte arctica Gray 1824
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Invalid names: Astarte broweri Meek 1923 [synonym], Astarte loxia Dall 1903 [synonym], Astarte rollandi Bernardi 1859 [synonym]
†Astarte awensis Woods 1911
†Astarte bayi Lundgren 1895
†Astarte biplicata Stefanini 1939
†Astarte blanowicensis Roemer 1870
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784
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Invalid names: Astarte fabula Reeve 1855 [synonym], Astarte leffingwelli Dall 1920 [synonym]
†Astarte bronni Krauss 1850
†Astarte brumpti Basse 1930
†Astarte calvertensis Glenn 1904
†Astarte castrana Glenn 1904
†Astarte claytonrayi Ward 1992
†Astarte cobhamensis Ward 1992
Astarte compacta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Astarte polaris Dall 1903 [synonym], Astarte willetti Dall 1917 [synonym]
Astarte compressa Montague 1808
†Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
†Astarte consobrina Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
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Invalid names: Astarte heberti Terquem and Piette 1865 [synonym], Astarte repelini de Brun and Vedel 1919 [synonym]
†Astarte corrugata Stanton 1895
†Astarte coxi Jaboli 1959
†Astarte crebrilirata Wood 1850
Astarte crenata Gray 1824
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Invalid names: Astarte quadrans Gould 1841 [synonym], Astarte semisulcata Moller 1842 [synonym], Astarte subaequilatera Sowerby 1854 [synonym]
†Astarte cuneiformis Conrad 1840
†Astarte dancalensis Diaz-Romero 1931
Astarte digitaria Linnaeus 1767
†Astarte distans Conrad 1862
†Astarte durangensis Imlay 1940
†Astarte earllergyi Anderson 1958
Astarte elliptica Brown 1827
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Invalid names: Astarte alaskensis Dall 1903 [synonym]
†Astarte excurrens Wood 1850
†Astarte gracilis Golfuss 1837
†Astarte guthriensis Newton 1906
†Astarte hartzi Lundgren 1895
†Astarte heriensis Fischer 1969
†Astarte huralensis Stefanini 1939
†Astarte ignekensis Imlay 1961
†Astarte incerta Wood 1850
†Astarte incrassata Brocchi 1814
†Astarte iwayai Ichikawa 1954
†Astarte jugosa Forbes 1846
†Astarte longirostris Schafhaeutl 1853
†Astarte marylandica Clark 1895
†Astarte meeki Stanton 1899
†Astarte menthifontis Dockery 1982
†Astarte minima d'Ossat 1900
†Astarte minor Lea 1833
†Astarte minutissima Lea 1833
†Astarte monroensis Meyer 1897
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817
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Invalid names: Astarte warhami Hancock 1846 [synonym], Nicania banksii Leach 1819 [synonym], Nicania striata Leach 1819 [synonym], Tridonta soror Dall 1903 [synonym]
†Astarte mundorffi Richards and Harbison 1947
†Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840
†Astarte neuseana Harris 1919
†Astarte nigeriensis Schneegans 1943
†Astarte obovata Sowerby 1822
†Astarte obruta Conrad 1834
†Astarte onslowensis Kellum 1926
†Astarte oolitharum Cossmann 1925
†Astarte parilis Conrad 1854
†Astarte parva Wood 1840
†Astarte parvula Wood 1840
†Astarte perplana Conrad 1840
†Astarte persipulla Repin 2008
†Astarte pisiformis Sowerby 1840
†Astarte planilamella Dockery 1982
†Astarte planissima Forbes 1846
†Astarte portana McLearn 1945
†Astarte praeobliqua Parona 1890
†Astarte protracta Meyer 1886
†Astarte pygmaea Golfuss 1837
†Astarte rappahannockensis Gardner 1943
†Astarte saemanni de Loriol 1936
†Astarte scotica Maton and Rackett 1807
†Astarte scrivenori Newton 1906
†Astarte sergipensis Maury 1936
†Astarte similis Munster 1840
†Astarte spitiensis Stoliczka 1866
†Astarte squamula d'Archiac 1843
†Astarte stefanini Basse 1930
†Astarte subnana Böhm 1891
†Astarte subsimilis Böhm 1891
†Astarte subvoltzii Chen 1982
†Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778
†Astarte symmetrica Conrad 1834
†Astarte tecticosta von Koenen 1897
†Astarte tellinoides Conrad 1833
†Astarte thisphila Glenn 1904
†Astarte thomasii Conrad 1855
†Astarte thompsonii Damon 1860
†Astarte triangularis Montague 1803
†Astarte triangulata Meyer 1886
†Astarte triangulatoides Harris 1919
†Astarte tuscana Gabb 1864
Astarte undata Gould 1841
†Astarte unglina Conrad 1833
†Astarte venatorum Wilckens 1907
†Astarte ventricosa Meek 1864
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Invalid names: Astarte aomoriensis Nomura and Hatai 1935 [synonym], Astarte bennettii Dall 1903 [synonym]
†Astarte wandeli Lundgren 1895
†Astarte wiltoni Morris and Lycett 1855
Invalid names: Crassina Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available