Astarte (bivalve)

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range= {{fossil range|Sandbian|Present|Sandbian[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17370 Paleobiology Database]-Present}}

| image = Illustrated Index of British Shells Plate 04 Figs 18-22.jpg

| image_caption = 18. A. elliptica; 19. A. sulcata;
20. A. montagui; 21. A. crebricostata;
22. A. arctica

| taxon = Astarte

| authority = J. Sowerby, 1816

| synonyms = {{species list

| Astartella|Filatova, 1958

| Crassina|Lamarck, 1818

| Elliptica|Filatova, 1957

| Filatovaella|Merklin, 1959

| Isocrassina|Chavan, 1950

| Laevastarte|Hinsch, 1952

| Nicania|Leach, 1819

| Rictocyma|Dall, 1871

| Tridonta|Schumacher, 1817}}

| synonyms_ref =

| type_species = Venus scotica

| type_species_authority = Maton & Racket, 1807

}}

Astarte is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the Astartidae family. It was circumscribed by James Sowerby in 1816. {{As of|2017}}, WoRMS recognizes approximately 33 species in this genus.

Species include:

• Astarte acuticostata {{small|Friele, 1877}}
• Astarte arctica {{small|(Gray, 1824)}}
• Astarte borealis {{small|(Schumacher, 1817)}}
• Astarte castanea {{small|(Say, 1822)}}
• Astarte crebricostata {{small|McAndrew & Forbes, 1847}}
• Astarte crenata {{small|(Gray, 1824)}}
• Astarte elliptica {{small|(Brown, 1827)}}
• Astarte fusca {{small|(Poli, 1791)}}
• Astarte montagui {{small|(Dillwyn, 1817)}}
• Astarte subaequilatera {{small|G. B. Sowerby II, 1854}}
• Astarte sulcata {{small|(da Costa, 1778)}}
• Astarte undata {{small|Gould, 1841}}

Approximately nine of its species can be found in the waters of Europe.