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Astarte
Sowerby, 1816
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Astartinae (Subfamily)
..Digitaria (Genus)
..Gonilia (Genus)
..Goodallia (Genus)
..†Parisiella (Genus)
..†Sita (Genus)
..Astarte (Genus)
....Astarte (Subgenus)
....Astarte borealis (Species) - boreal tridonta
....Astarte castanea (Species) - smooth astarte
....Astarte sulcata (Species) - sulcate astarte
....†Astarte voltzi (Species)
....Isocrassina (Subgenus)
....Rictocyma (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J. Sowerby, 1816
Original name
:
Sowerby, 1816. Min. Conch., 2, 85 (pl. 137).
Types
Type of
:
Astartidae
(Family)
d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840)
Type of
:
Astartinae
(Subfamily)
d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840)
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 383.
[inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Astarte
(Subgenus)
Sowerby, 1816
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 384.
[inferred]
Homonyms
Allowed homonym
:
Astarte
(Minor planet)
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 12 Jan 2022.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Crassina
(Genus)
Lamarck, 1818
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Filatovaella
(Genus)
Merklin, 1959
Ref:
MolluscaBase, 2015-present
: [12 Jan 2022].
Including
:
Tridonta
(Genus)
Schumacher, 1817
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 383.
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