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Astartidae
Astartidae is a family (biology), family of bivalves related in the order Carditida.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. Astartidae taxonomy *''Astarte (bivalve), Astarte'' J. Sowerby, 1816 **''Astarte acuticostata'' J. G. Jeffreys, 1881 **''Astarte arctica'' (J. E. Gray, 1824) **''Astarte bennetti'' W. H. Dall, Dall, 1903 **''Astarte borealis'' (Schumacher, 1817) – northern astarte **''Astarte castanea'' (Thomas Say, Say, 1822) – chestnut astarte **''Astarte compacta'' Phillip Pearsall Carpenter, Carpenter, 1864 **''Astarte crebricostata'' (Da Costa, 1778) **''Astarte crenata'' (J. E. Gray, 1824) **''Astarte elliptica'' (T. Brown, 1827) – elliptical astarte **''Astarte esquimalti'' (Baird, 1863) **''Astarte filatovae'' Habe, 1964 **''Astarte globula'' W. H. Dall, Dall, 1886 **''Astarte laurentiana'' **''Astarte liogona'' W. H. Dall, Dall, 1903 **''Astarte mirabilis'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astarte Borealis
''Astarte borealis'' or ''Tridonta borealis'', the boreal astarte, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family (biology), family Astartidae. It can be found in the Arctic Ocean and in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Distribution ''A. borealis'' are found in the boreal areas of Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. Currently studies have collected samples from the Baltic Sea, White Sea of Russia and Northern Alaska. Populations are widespread and found in the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Aleutian Islands, in the Arctic waters of Russia from the Barents Sea to the Chukchi Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Greenland and Iceland, and in Europe in both the North and Baltic Seas. ''A. borealis'' is essentially a shallow water species (0–300m). Due to low salinities ''A. borealis'' submerges the brackish waters and lives in deeper regions with higher salinity. The optimal salinity range lies between 14 and 30 psu. It can survive in saliniti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
