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 crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824)

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

*Astarte crenata var. inflata*	Hägg, 1904	synonym
*Astarte oblonga*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1854	synonym
*Nicania crenata*	J. E. Gray, 1824	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: crenulate astarte sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Kerben-Astarte

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	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824). 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:138820