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

Tridonta Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nicania*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Children

Tridonta acuticostata (Friele, 1877)
Tridonta arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817
Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)
Tridonta warhami (Hancock, 1846)

Literature

original description	Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
basis of record	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.
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.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridonta Schumacher, 1817. 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:146517