Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Archiheterodonta > Order Carditoida > 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. de C. Sowerby, 1816	accepted genus name
*Crassina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Nicania*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Tridonta*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Astarte ovalis*	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. nana*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. paucicostata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. trigona*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte sulcata var. truncata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Astarte vulgaris*	Jeffreys, 1839	synonym
*Crassina britannica*	Leach in Gray, 1852	synonym
*Crassina danmoniensis*	Mtg. Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Pectunculus sulcatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus danmonia*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Venus scotica*	Maton & Racket, 1807	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: breedgeribde astarte sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

Swedish: grovräfflad astartemussla

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	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (293 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Astarte sulcata. 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:138824