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Astarte smithii Dall, 1886

AphiaID

420841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816

Original name

Astarte smithii Dall, 1886

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Variety Astarte smithii var. globula Dall, 1886 accepted as Astarte globula Dall, 1886

Environment

marine

Original description

Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 259-260, pl. 7 fig. 5a, 5b [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Astarte smithii Dall, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420841 on 2026-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

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Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 259-260, pl. 7 fig. 5a, 5b [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]