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Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)

152282  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152282)

accepted
Species
Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152282 on 2026-02-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152282 on 2026-02-10
Date
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2005-04-08 15:26:39Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-05-17 10:54:50Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-10-22 14:32:48Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2019-03-22 19:47:22Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2022-12-30 18:48:31Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2024-02-12 20:17:13Z
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Dekker, Henk

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original description (of Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515 [details] 

original description (of Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) 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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076004 [details] 

original description (of Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1829) Brown, T. (1829). Descriptions of five new British species of shells. <em>Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science.</em> 1(1): 11-12, 80 [plate explanation], pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiver sitylibrary.org/page/61398417
page(s): 12, pl. 1, fig. 9 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Moerdijk, P.W., Janssen, A.W., Wesselingh, F.P., Peeters, G.A., Pouwer, R., Nieulande, F.A.D. van, Janse A.C., Slik, L. van der, Meijer, T. Rijken, R., Cadée, G.C., Hoeksema, D., Doeksen, G., Bastemeijer, A., Strack, H., Vervoenen, M. & Poorten, J.J. ter. (2010). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 153, figs 32, 233-234 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astarte elliptica) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Canada, British Columbia, Jervis Inlet, ex coll... 
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Iceland, Vesturland, Breidafjördur, at 50 m dep... 
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) ) 
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) ) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1829)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050856) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To ITIS
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