Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Archiheterodonta > Order Carditida > Superfamily Crassatelloidea > Family Astartidae > Genus Tridonta

Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tridonta*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Nicania*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Astarte elliptica*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Astarte garensis*	J. Smith, 1839	synonym
*Astarte intermedia*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1854	synonym
*Crassina elliptica*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Crassina ovata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ovale astarte

Literature

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. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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. Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden. 332 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152282