Ligesom astarte compressa er den en nordatlantisk art. 
Den synes dog at have en sydligere udbredelse, idet den 
gaar ned til de Canariske oer, Nordafrikas vestkyst og 
Middelhavet, hvor den dog er meget sjelden. Dens ud- 
bredelse kan for tiden ikke med sikkerhed angives. Den 
bathymetriske udbredelse er 5—1010 fy. Fossil er den 
kjendt fra Norge, nordlige Rusland, England, Frankrig, 
Italien og Sibirien. 
This, like Å. compressa, is a Noith Atlantic species. 
It appears, however, to have a more southern distribution, 
as it extends to the Canary Isles, the north-west coast of 
Africa, and the Mediterranean, where, however, it is very 
rare. For the present its distribution cannot be definitely 
given. Its bathymetrical distribution is from 5 to 1010 
fathoms. It is found as a fossil in Norway, the north of 
Russia, England, France, Italy, and Siberia. 
Astarte compressa, Linné. 
”enus compressa, Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 1135. 
Astarte elliptica. Forbes & Hanley, Brit. Moll., vol. 1, 1853, p. 459, Pl. 30, fig. 8. 
Astarte compressa blev af Nordhavsexpeditionen kun 
tagen ved Alten og Hammerfest, 20 fr. Den hører hjemme 
i det nordlige af Atlanterhavet og tilstødende dele af Is- 
bavet indtil Karahavet. Sydgrænsen er ved de britiske 
øer og Østersøen, hvor den forekommer indtil Kielerbugten 
og Bornholm. Paa den amerikanske side gaar den mod 
syd til Massachusetts. Ved den norske kyst er den særlig 
talrig inden den arktiske region. Den bathymetriske ud- 
bredelse er 5—200 fr. Fossil er den kjendt fra Skandi- 
navien, Britiske øer, Island, Spitsbergen, nordlige Rusland 
og Sibirien. 
compressa, G. O. Sars, Moll. Reg. Arct. Norv., 1878, p. 53. 
Leche. Kgl. Sv. Vetensk. Akad. 
Handl., vol. 16, no. 2, p. 18, Pl. 1, fig. 2, 3 a—b. 
Astarte compressa was found by the North Atlantic 
Expedition only at Alten and Hammerfest (20 fathoms). 
It is a native of the northern part of the Atlantic, and 
the adjoining portion of the Arctic Ocean as far as the 
Kara Sea. Its southern limit is at the British Isles and 
the Baltic, occurring in the latter down to Kiel Bay and 
Bornholm. On the American side, it extends as far south 
as Massachusetts. On the Norwegian coast, it is especially 
numerous within the arctic regions. Its bathymetrical 
distribution from 5 to 200 fathoms. It is found as a 
fossil in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Iceland, Spitsbergen, 
the north of Russia, and Siberia. 
18 
Astarte banksii, Leach. 
Nicania banksti, Leach, Ross's first Voyage, App. 1819, p. 176. 
Astarte 
Nicania 
Den typiske form af denne stærkt varierende musling 
toges ved Hammerfest og Alten. 
Forma globosa erholdtes paa station 225, 195 fv., og 
forma warhami ved Advent Bay og Magdalena Bay, 20 
—60 fy. 
Astarte banksii er en circumpolar art, som er kjendt 
fra (Grønland, Amerikas nord-østkyst indtil kysten af New 
England, Vesteuropa indtil Biskayerbugten, Skandinavien, 
Østersøen indtil Kielerbugten og Fehmern, Murmankysten, 
Island, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Barentshavet, Karahavet, 
Sibiriens ishavskyster, Beringshavet og Vancouver. Ved 
de norske kyster er denne art meget almindelig, den høi- 
arktiske form warhami dog blot fra Syd-Varanger og forma 
globosa fra Finmarken og Tromsø. Den bathymetriske 
udbredelse er 5—200 fv. Fossil er den funden i Skan- 
dinavien, Britiske øer, Spitsbergen, nordlige Rusland, Sibi- 
rien, Nordamerika og Grønland, 
Gould & Binney, Rep: Invert of Mass., 1870, p. 125. 
G. O. Sars, Moll. Reg. Arct. 
Norte kokken jos All UE (6 sores PI). 
The typical form of this exceedingly variable bivalve 
was found at Hammerfest and Alten. 
The form globosa was found at Station 
fathoms), and the form warham in Advent Bay 
dalena Bay (20—60 fathoms). 
Astarte banksit is a eircumpolar species, known in 
Greenland, on the north coast of N. America and east coast 
down to New England, off the coast of Western Europe as 
far south as the Bay of Biscay, Scandinavia, in the Baltic 
down to Kiel Bay and Fehmarn, off the Murman Coast, 
Iceland, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, in the Barents Sea, the 
Kara Sea, on the arctic coasts of Siberia, in the Bering 
Sea, and Vancouver Island. 
225 (195 
and Mav- 
This species is very common 
off the Norwegian coast, the high-arctic form, warhami, 
however, only in South Varanger, and globosa in Finmark 
and Tromsø. Its bathymetrical distribution is from 5 to 
200 fathoms. It is found as a fossil in Scandinavia, the 
British Isles, Spitsbergen, the north of Russia, Siberia, 
North America, and Greenland. 
