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Astarte willetti Dall, 1917

538219  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538219)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Archiheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Carditida (Order)
  9. Crassatelloidea (Superfamily)
  10. Astartidae (Family)
  11. Astartinae (Subfamily)
  12. Astarte (Genus)
  13. Astarte willetti (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dall, W. H. (1917). A new species of <i>Astarte</i> from Alaska. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 31(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799716
page(s): 11-12 [details] 
Note Off the Forrester Island reservation in...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off the Forrester Island reservation in southern Alaska, dredged at about 50 fathoms [details]
Etymology Named for the Canadian/American collector, Mr. George Willett (1879-1945).  
Etymology Named for the Canadian/American collector, Mr. George Willett (1879-1945). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Astarte willetti Dall, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538219 on 2025-08-23
Date
action
by
2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2022-03-05 01:25:16Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Dall, W. H. (1917). A new species of <i>Astarte</i> from Alaska. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 31(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799716
page(s): 11-12 [details] 

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the Canadian/American collector, Mr. George Willett (1879-1945). [details]

Type locality Off the Forrester Island reservation in southern Alaska, dredged at about 50 fathoms [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte willetti Syntype USNM 216364) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
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