Astartidae is a family of bivalves related in the order Carditida.[1]

Astartidae
Astarte trigonata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
Family: Astartidae
d'Orbigny, 1844
Genera and species

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Astartidae taxonomy edit

 
Astarte sulcata

References edit

  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. 40-42.