Astarte castanea
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| Astarte castanea | |
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| File:Astarte castanea (YPM IZ 033101).jpeg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Superfamily: | Crassatelloidea |
| Family: | Astartidae |
| Genus: | Astarte |
| Species: | A. castanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Astarte castanea Say, 1822
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Astarte castanea, or the chestnut astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to New Jersey.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 41.
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