Genus Astarte Sowerby, 1816

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astarte Sowerby, J. 1816. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals of shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(Part 25) pp. 85-100, pls 139-150. [vols 1-4 by J. Sowerby, vols 5-7 by the son J. de C. Sowerby; for a collation of the work see E.R. Sykes (1906), Proc. Malac. Soc. London 7: 191-194] [85, pl. 137].

  Type species:

   Venus scotica Maton & Rackett, 1807 by original designation.
• Crassina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [554] [objective synonym].

  Type species:

   Crassina danmoniensis Lamarck, 1819 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N562]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
	CRASSATELLOIDEA	15-Mar-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)