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Astarte borealis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Venus borealis was named by Chemnitz (1784). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tridonta borealis by Schumacher (1817); it was recombined as Astarte (Tridonta) borealis by Abbott (1974); it was recombined as Astarte borealis by Wood (1850), Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aalensis, A. adabofolensis, A. aitkeni, A. allobrogensis, A. alta, A. amygdala, A. annosa, A. antipodum, A. anus, A. aureliae, A. ayersi, A. aytonesis, A. banksi, A. beaumonti, A. bennetti, A. berryi, A. boum, A. buchii, A. burtini, A. callosa, A. camertonensis, A. cantabrigiensis, A. carlottensis, A. castanella, A. chartroni, A. coheni, A. contejeani, A. contjeani, A. corbuloides, A. cordata, A. cotteausia, A. crebicostale, A. crenata, A. crenulirata, A. culebrensis, A. cuneata, A. curvirostris, A. deeplali, A. deltoidea, A. depressa, A. depressoides, A. didimtuensis, A. dimidiata, A. dimiditia, A. disparilis, A. elegans, A. elegans, A. elevata, A. elongata, A. emacerata, A. emarcerata, A. episcopalis, A. eugonia, A. exaltata, A. fimbriata, A. fusca, A. fusca, A. germaini, A. germani, A. gigantea, A. giggantea, A. girardoti, A. gleni, A. gleuei, A. goldfussi, A. gracilicostula, A. gregaria, A. grgantea, A. griesbachi, A. guembeli, A. gueuxii, A. hakodatensis, A. helvetica, A. hemicymata, A. hobleyi, A. hoelzli, A. impolitum, A. irregularis, A. isosceles, A. isosocles, A. karajmanica, A. kenti, A. kickxi, A. kumamotoensis, A. laurentiana, A. lefebvrei, A. lonjiensis, A. lurida, A. lyuliyaensis, A. madseni, A. major, A. malonensis, A. mandawaensis, A. mantica, A. marcouana, A. martini, A. marwicki, A. mitoleensis, A. montagui, A. montagui, A. morini, A. morion, A. muelleri, A. mulleri, A. natosini, A. newtonensis, A. nortonensis, A. numerosa, A. numismalis, A. nummus, A. obsoleta, A. octolirata, A. opulentora, A. packardi, A. paupertina, A. pindiroensis, A. planimarginata, A. polymorpha, A. porrecta, A. praeveneris, A. pretriangulata, A. proruta, A. pulfreyi, A. pulla, A. pumila, A. radians, A. richardsoni, A. robusta, A. rotunds, A. rustica, A. scanensis, A. seanensis, A. sieversi, A. sima, A. sima, A. sinuata, A. solidula, A. sowerbyanus, A. spissa, A. striatosulcata, A. subcordiformis, A. subcostata, A. subminima, A. submultistriata, A. subpontis, A. subrugata, A. subsenecta, A. subtetragona, A. sulcata, A. supracorallina, A. thomasi, A. transversa, A. trigonata, A. trigonula, A. undulata, A. undulata, A. undulata, A. unilateralis, A. vaginulata, A. valangiensis, A. vaughani, A. veneriformis, A. veneris, A. veneris, A. venkatappayyi, A. veta, A. vetula, A. voltzii, A. wagneri, A. weissermeli, A. concentrica, A. floridana, A. glenni, A. sima, A. trigonoequilaterata, A. vaughani, A. corbuloides, A. costata, A. defecta, A. goldfussi, A. goldfussi, A. gracilis, A. gracilis, A. lopsiyaensis, A. lyapinensis, A. pandei, A. paphia, A. pasiphae, A. pygmaea, A. sakamotoensis, A. semicostata, A. subsenecta, A. subsenecta, A. subtetragona, A. veneriformis, A. sima, A. isosceles, A. wagneri, A. cotteausia, A. icaunensis, A. morion, A. grateloupi, A. trigonoequilatera, A. cotswoldensis, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioides, A. subomalioiides, A. extensa, A. higoensis, A. multiformis, A. semicostata, A. sukuboensis, A. supraextensa, A. mirabilis, A. ogawensis, A. grateloupi, A. levigrandis, A. akatsui, A. akatsui, A. kambarensis, A. shimanoensis, A. shinanoensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1784Venus borealis Chemnitz figs. pl. 39, fig. 412
1817Tridonta borealis Schumacher
1850Astarte borealis Wood p. 175
1855Astarte fabula Reeve p. 398
1920Astarte leffingwelli Dall p. 32
1974Astarte (Tridonta) borealis Abbott p. 480
2020Astarte borealis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyAstartinaed'Orbigny 1844
genusAstarteSowerby 1816
speciesborealis(Chemnitz 1784)

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.

Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784
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Invalid names: Astarte fabula Reeve 1855 [synonym], Astarte leffingwelli Dall 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Aomori) Tridonta borealis (234746 234747)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Tridonta borealis (97077 97079)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Tridonta borealis (75104)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Alaska) Astarte leffingwelli (38004 38009 38012) Astarte leffingwelli, Astarte fabula (38003 38010)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Tridonta borealis (75092 75099 75100 75101 75102 75103)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Astarte borealis (84833)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Greenland (Svartenhuk) Astarte borealis (226638)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Astarte borealis (75180 75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Astarte borealis (75490 75491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Astarte borealis (66338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Tridonta borealis (98197 98199 98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Astarte borealis (75121 75122 75123 75125 75126 75127 75129 75131 75134 75135 75136 227027 227028 227030 227040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Astarte borealis (227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Tridonta borealis (75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Astarte borealis (37632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Astarte borealis (84832)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Astarte borealis (48462 48463 48464 48465 66508 66509 66510 66511 66512 66524 66525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Astarte borealis (66505)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Astarte borealis (66433 66449 66482)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Astarte borealis (75207 162557)