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

Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astarte*	J. Sowerby, 1816	accepted genus name
*Crassina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Crassina danmoniensis*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Astarte ovalis*	S. Woodward, 1833	synonym
*Astarte pallida*	Jeffreys, 1839	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. minor*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. multicostata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. paucicostata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. trigona*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. truncata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym; nom. inval.
*Astarte vulgaris*	Jeffreys, 1839	synonym
*Crassina britannica*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Pectunculus sulcatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus danmonia*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Venus scotica*	Maton & Racket, 1807	synonym

Children

Astarte sulcata var. levis Jeffreys, 1881
Astarte sulcata var. nana Jeffreys, 1864

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: furet astartemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: breedgeribde astarte sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: sulcate astarte sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefurchte Astarte sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: grovräfflad astartemussla

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778). 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:138824