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Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta: Astartoidea: Astartidae

Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817)


Range: 82°N to 42°N; 0°W to 24°W
Depth: 6 to 46 m (live 6 to 16 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 37  mm

Synonymy

Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817
Venus borealis (Schumacher, 1817) 
Astarte plana J. Sowerby, 1817
Crassina semisulcata Leach, 1819
Crassina corrugata Brown, 1827
Crassina depressa Brown, 1827
Mactra veneriformis W. Wood, 1828
Astarte lactea Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Crassina multicostata J. Smith, 1839
Crassina uddevalensis J. Smith, 1839
Crassina withami J. Smith, 1839
Astarte fabula Reeve, 1855
Astarte richardsoni Reeve, 1855
Astarte placenta Mörch, 1869
Astarte producta Sowerby II, 1874
Cardita saintjohnensis Verkrüzen, 1877
Astarte rhomboidalis Leche, 1883
Astarte crassa Pfeffer, 1886
Astarte sericea Posselt, 1896
Tridonta cavalli Pollonera, 1901
Astarte leffingwelli Dall, 1920
Astarte sibirica Derjugin, 1932
Astarte nortonensis MacNeil, 1943
Crassina ovata (Filatova, 1957) 
Astarte ovata Filatova, 1957
Astarte pseudoactis Merklin & Petrov, 1962
Astarte olchovica Petrov, 1982

Details


Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1784)
Range: 82°N to 42°N; 24°W
Depth: 6 to 46 m (live 6 to 16 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25.1 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland
References: Posselt (1896) DE; Schiötte (1989) dLlNM{DE}; Coan et al. (2000) c
Combining Genera:  Venus

Tridonta cavalli Pollonera, 1901, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Crassina corrugata Brown, 1827, 
[Synonym]
References: Middendorff (1849c); Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte crassa Pfeffer, 1886, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Crassina depressa Brown, 1827, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Montagu, 1808.

Astarte fabula Reeve, 1855, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Bernard (1983) s (of A. montagui); Coan et al. (2000) s?

Astarte lactea Broderip & Sowerby, 1829, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte leffingwelli Dall, 1920, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s?

Crassina multicostata J. Smith, 1839, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Filatova, 1957.

Astarte nortonensis MacNeil, 1943, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte olchovica Petrov, 1982, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte ovata Filatova, 1957, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Nude name; non
Crassina ovata T. Brown, 1827.
Combining Genera:  Crassina

Astarte (Tridonta) semisulcata var. placenta Mörch, 1869b, p. 26, [Belcher, Voy. fig. 7]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
References: Mörch (1869b) M; Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Coan et al. (2000) stated that this is a nude name in Mörch (1869b) and attribute it to Leche (1878), but Mörch referred to
Astarte richardsoni Reeve, 1855.

Astarte plana J. Sowerby, 1817, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte producta Sowerby II, 1874, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte pseudoactis Merklin & Petrov, 1962, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte rhomboidalis Leche, 1883, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte richardsoni Reeve, 1855, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Cardita saintjohnensis Verkrüzen, 1877, 
[Synonym]

Crassina semisulcata Leach, 1819, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gray
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte borealis var. sericea Posselt, 1896, p. 71, pl. 1, figs. 8-12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Hekla Havn, paa Mudderbund, O/stgro/nland
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Posselt (1896) M; Coan et al. (2000) s

Astarte sibirica Derjugin, 1932, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Crassina uddevalensis J. Smith, 1839, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mactra veneriformis W. Wood, 1828, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Crassina withami J. Smith, 1839, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.
Posselt, H. G. 1896. O/stgro/landske Mollusker Meddelelser om Gro/nland 19 59-94, pl. 1.

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