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 borealis Schumacher, 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 borealis*	(Schumacher, 1817)	synonym
*Astarte borealis var. placenta*	Mörch, 1869	synonym
*Astarte borealis var. rhomboidalis*	Leche, 1878	synonym
*Astarte bornholmi*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte fjordi*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte islandica*	Deshayes, 1849	synonym
*Astarte jenseni*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte lactea*	Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829	synonym
*Astarte moerchi*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte nordi*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte nuuki*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Astarte semisulcata*	(Leach, 1819)	synonym
*Astarte semisulcata var. placenta*	Mörch, 1869	synonym
*Astarte silki*	G. H. Petersen, 2001	synonym
*Crassina corrugata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Crassina depressa*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Crassina semisulcata*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Crassina withami*	T. Brown, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grote astarte

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	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 borealis 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:152398