Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Archiheterodonta > Order Carditoida > Superfamily Crassatelloidea > Family Astartidae > Genus Astarte

Astarte elliptica (Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AstarteJ. de C. Sowerby, 1816accepted genus name
Crassina Lamarck, 1818 synonym
Nicania Leach, 1819 synonym
Tridonta Schumacher, 1817 synonym

Species group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: ellipseformet astartemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 German: elliptische Astarte

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

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

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Astarte elliptica (Brown, 1827). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138821

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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