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 montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)

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 compressa*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym
*Astarte montagui*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Crassina convexiuscula*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Crassina multicostata*	T. Brown, 1839	synonym
*Crassina obliqua*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Nicania banksii*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Nicania banksii var. globosa*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Nicania striata*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Venus compressa*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Venus montagui*	Dillwyn, 1817	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: driehoekige astarte

Literature

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	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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 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:146518