MolluscaBase taxon details
Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
152282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152282)
accepted
Species
Astarte (Elliptica) alaskensis Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis alaskensis Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis shinadae Kanno, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte alaskensis Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte alaskensis shinadae Kanno, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astarte elonga G. H. Petersen, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte hemicymata Dall, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassina garensis J. Smith, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptica alaskensis (Dall, 1903) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptica alaskensis alaskensis (Dall, 1903) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptica alaskensis derbeki Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptica elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tridonta alaskensis (Dall, 1903) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridonta zelandica A. W. Janssen & van der Slik, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152282 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Astarte alaskensis Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 944, 946 [details]
original description (of Astarte elonga G. H. Petersen, 2001) Petersen, G. H. (2001). Studies on some Arctic and baltic Astarte species (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 52: 1-71., available online at https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142615/186298 [details]
original description (of Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515 [details]
original description (of Astarte hemicymata Dall, 1920) Dall, W. H. (1920). Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils from the Arctic coast of Alaska and the auriferous beaches of Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 125-C: 23-37, pls. 5, 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp125C [details]
original description (of Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Astarte</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 778-783, pl. 167. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076004 [details]
original description (of Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Elliptica alaskensis derbeki Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis shinadae Kanno, 1962) Kanno, S. (1962). Molluscan fauna from the so-called Setana Formation, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. Science Reports of the Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku [Section C - Geology, Mineralogy and Geography], 8(73): 49-62, pls. 1-5.
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Crassina garensis J. Smith, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 90; note: based on C. ovata T. Brown, 1827 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 153, figs 32, 233-234 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 944, 946 [details]
original description (of Astarte elonga G. H. Petersen, 2001) Petersen, G. H. (2001). Studies on some Arctic and baltic Astarte species (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 52: 1-71., available online at https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142615/186298 [details]
original description (of Astarte garensis J. Smith, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515 [details]
original description (of Astarte hemicymata Dall, 1920) Dall, W. H. (1920). Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils from the Arctic coast of Alaska and the auriferous beaches of Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 125-C: 23-37, pls. 5, 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp125C [details]
original description (of Astarte intermedia G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Astarte</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 778-783, pl. 167. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076004 [details]
original description (of Crassina elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Elliptica alaskensis derbeki Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis shinadae Kanno, 1962) Kanno, S. (1962). Molluscan fauna from the so-called Setana Formation, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. Science Reports of the Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku [Section C - Geology, Mineralogy and Geography], 8(73): 49-62, pls. 1-5.
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Crassina garensis J. Smith, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 90; note: based on C. ovata T. Brown, 1827 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 153, figs 32, 233-234 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | ellipseformet astartemusling [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | ovale strandschelpovale astarte | [details] |
| German | elliptische Astarte [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Canada, British Columbia, Jervis Inlet, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Iceland, Vesturland, Breidafjördur, at 50 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte alaskensis Syntype USNM 109274) (from synonym Astarte alaskensis Dall, 1903)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050856) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Iceland, Vesturland, Breidafjördur, at 50 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte alaskensis Syntype USNM 109274) (from synonym Astarte alaskensis Dall, 1903)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050856) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To ITIS
