Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816

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RAS taxon details

Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816

AphiaID

137683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137683)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Astartidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840)
Astartinae A. d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840)

Parent

Astartinae A. d'Orbigny, 1844 (1840)

Original name

Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816

Direct children (2)

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Species Astarte antarctica Thiele, 1912
Species Astarte longirostra A. d'Orbigny, 1846

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233 [1815: pp. 1-28, pl. 103-114; 1816: pp. 29-116, pl. 115-150; 1817: pp. 117-194, pl. 151-186; 1818: pp. 195-251, pl. 187-203]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 85-86, pl. 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

RAS (2025). Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137683 on 2026-10-13

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137683 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-05-15 15:01:05Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-12-04 07:34:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-04-29 10:24:04Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2025-06-08 08:13:18Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233 [1815: pp. 1-28, pl. 103-114; 1816: pp. 29-116, pl. 115-150; 1817: pp. 117-194, pl. 151-186; 1818: pp. 195-251, pl. 187-203]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 85-86, pl. 137 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors