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Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816

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

accepted
Genus
Venus scotica Maton & Rackett, 1807 accepted as Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778) (type by original designation)
Crassina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Astarte belti G. H. Petersen, 2001
  2. Species Astarte crebricostata McAndrew & Forbes, 1847
  3. Species Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824)
  4. Species Astarte falsteri G. H. Petersen, 2001
  5. Species Astarte sericea Posselt, 1895
  6. Species Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
  7. Species Astarte acuticostata Friele, 1877 accepted as Tridonta acuticostata (Friele, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Astarte affinis Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Laevastarte fusca fusca (Poli, 1795) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Astarte arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Tridonta arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Astarte biplicata [sic] accepted as Gonilia calliglypta (Dall, 1903) (probably a misprinting of bipartita in Weinkauff (1866); credited to Philippi, 1836)
  11. Species Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Astarte bornholmi G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Species Astarte calliglypta Dall, 1903 accepted as Gonilia calliglypta (Dall, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Astarte calligona Dall, 1903 accepted as Gonilia calliglypta (Dall, 1903) (incorrect original spelling of calliglypta)
  15. Species Astarte compressa (Montagu, 1808) accepted as Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  16. Species Astarte cyprinoides Duval, 1841 accepted as Tridonta arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Astarte excentrica Deshayes, 1846 accepted as Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Species Astarte fabula Reeve, 1855 accepted as Tridonta warhami (Hancock, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Astarte fjordi G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Astarte fusca (Poli, 1795) accepted as Laevastarte fusca (Poli, 1795) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839 accepted as Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 accepted as Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Astarte islandica Deshayes, 1849 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Astarte jenseni G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Astarte lactea Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Astarte macandrewi E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Goodallia macandrewi (E. A. Smith, 1881) (original combination)
  28. Species Astarte moerchi G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Astarte montagui (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Astarte nordi G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Astarte nuuki G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Astarte oblonga G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 accepted as Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824)
  33. Species Astarte ovalis S. Woodward, 1833 accepted as Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
  34. Species Astarte pallida Jeffreys, 1839 accepted as Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
  35. Species Astarte planata Calcara, 1840 accepted as Crassatina modesta (H. Adams, 1869) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Astarte planata J. De C. Sowerby, 1820)
  36. Species Astarte pusilla Forbes, 1844 accepted as Goodallia pusilla (Forbes, 1844)
  37. Species Astarte silki G. H. Petersen, 2001 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Astarte triangularis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
  39. Species Astarte vulgaris Jeffreys, 1839 accepted as Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
  40. Species Astarte warhami Hancock, 1846 accepted as Tridonta warhami (Hancock, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
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] OpenAccess publication
ERMS (2025). Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137683 on 2026-01-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Astarte J. Sowerby, 1816. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137683 on 2026-01-12
Date
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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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Crassina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 554 [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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