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Crenulate Astarte
Astarte crenata subequilatera Sowerby, 1854

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Carditida »  family Astartidae »  genus Astarte »  species Astarte crenata - Crenulate Astarte

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Astarte crenata subequilatera

Author: Mikkelsen & Bieler

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Description

Rounded triangular, umbones often eroded, light to dark brown, periostracum reticulate in fine, wavy-ridge pattern, shell with strong, rounded, regular commarginal ridges; interior white, margin smooth. North Atlantic, Florida Keys. Length 22 mm. Syn. lens Verrill, 1872.
Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R., 2003. Seashells of Southern Florida. Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves.
Author: Jan Delsing

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