MolluscaBase taxon details
Isocrassina castanea (Say, 1822)
1735368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1735368)
accepted
Species
Astarte (Isocrassina) castanea (Say, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astarte castanea (Say, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astarte castanea picea A. A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte castanea var. procera Totten, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte liogona Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus castanea Say, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus sulcata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of Venus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Venus sulcata Hermann, 1781
marine
(of Venus castanea Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 273 [details]
page(s): 273 [details]
Type locality contained in New Jersey
type locality contained in New Jersey [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Isocrassina castanea (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1735368 on 2026-07-02
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original description
(of Astarte liogona 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 [details]
original description (of Venus castanea Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Astarte castanea picea A. A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 77. [details]
original description (of Astarte castanea var. procera Totten, 1835) Totten J G. (1835). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 28: 347-353, 1: pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15730904
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Venus sulcata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 131, no. 20 [details]
new combination reference Pouwer, R. (2010). The identity of <i>Isocrassina</i>, <i>Laevastarte</i> and <i>Ashtarotha</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Astartidae) and their representatives from beaches and estuaries in The Netherlands and Pliocene strata in Belgium. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 7(1-2): 27-67., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541741
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Venus castanea Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Astarte castanea picea A. A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 77. [details]
original description (of Astarte castanea var. procera Totten, 1835) Totten J G. (1835). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 28: 347-353, 1: pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15730904
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Venus sulcata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 131, no. 20 [details]
new combination reference Pouwer, R. (2010). The identity of <i>Isocrassina</i>, <i>Laevastarte</i> and <i>Ashtarotha</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Astartidae) and their representatives from beaches and estuaries in The Netherlands and Pliocene strata in Belgium. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 7(1-2): 27-67., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541741
page(s): 33 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth astarte [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | astarte lisse [from synonym] | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 55306)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astarte castanea) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Venus castanea Say, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Malacopics (Isocrassina castanea (Say, 1822) Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby, 10-15 km off Digby Nec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte liogona Holotype USNM 64434) (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033101) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astarte castanea) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Venus castanea Say, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Malacopics (Isocrassina castanea (Say, 1822) Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby, 10-15 km off Digby Nec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte liogona Holotype USNM 64434) (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte liogona Dall, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033101) (from synonym Astarte castanea (Say, 1822))
