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Astarte
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Crassatellacea
Family:
Astartidae
Subfamily:
Astartinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Astarte J. SOWERBY, 1816
Type Species:
Venus scotica MATON & RACKETT, 1807 (="Pectunculus sulcatus DA COSTA, 1778, var. scotica MATON &; RACKETT, 1807); OD
Images
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Fig. E64, 1. *A. (A.) sulcata (DA COSTA), scotica (MATON & RACKETT, Rec., Scot.; 1a, RV ext., X1.2 (511); 1b,c, LV and RV hinges, ca. X2.5 (Maton & Rackett, 1807)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Trigono-elliptical to subtrapezoidal, with regularly spaced concentric ribs or undulations, at least around prominent, but small, beaks. Inner margin denticulated or not. Hinge with well-developed cardinals, except for 3a, faint, and 6b, lacking; and with well-marked AI. Other laminae (All, PlI, PIll) partly obsolete. Narrow nymph behind 5b.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Crassatellacea
Family:
Astartidae
Subfamily:
Astartinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Astarte J. SOWERBY, 1816
Type Species:
Venus scotica MATON & RACKETT, 1807 (="Pectunculus sulcatus DA COSTA, 1778, var. scotica MATON &; RACKETT, 1807); OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E64, 1. *A. (A.) sulcata (DA COSTA), scotica (MATON & RACKETT, Rec., Scot.; 1a, RV ext., X1.2 (511); 1b,c, LV and RV hinges, ca. X2.5 (Maton & Rackett, 1807)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Trigono-elliptical to subtrapezoidal, with regularly spaced concentric ribs or undulations, at least around prominent, but small, beaks. Inner margin denticulated or not. Hinge with well-developed cardinals, except for 3a, faint, and 6b, lacking; and with well-marked AI. Other laminae (All, PlI, PIll) partly obsolete. Narrow nymph behind 5b.