Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Astarte</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 778-783, pl. 167. London, privately published. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076004 page(s): 780, pl. 167, fig. 13 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Astarte subaequilatera G. B. Sowerby II, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156746 on 2024-05-03
original descriptionSowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Astarte</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 778-783, pl. 167. London, privately published. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076004 page(s): 780, pl. 167, fig. 13 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordGosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceHuber, 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Dimensions reaches 2.5 to 3 cm in size [details] Distribution Arctic seas to off Florida [details] Habitat shallow-water species [details] Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]