North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS)

WoRMS taxon details

Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)

AphiaID

146518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146518)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tridonta Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Venus montagui Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Astarte abbreviata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte angulata S. Woodward, 1833 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte banksii (Leach, 1819) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte compressa (Montagu, 1808) · unaccepted > junior homonym

Astarte globosa Møller, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte klinti Hopner Petersen, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte laurentiana Lyell, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte laurentiana var. soror Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte montagui (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Astarte multicostata MacGillivray, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astarte pulchella Jonas, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Crassina convexiuscula T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Crassina obliqua T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nicania banksii Leach, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nicania banksii var. globosa G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nicania montagui (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Nicania montagui orientalis Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nicania striata Leach, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus compressa Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Venus compressa Linnaeus, 1771;...)

not Venus compressa Linnaeus, 1771; Venus montagui Dillwyn, 1817 and Venus montacuti W. Turton, 1819 are replacement names

Venus montacuti W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus montagui Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus montagui Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 167; note: replacement name for Venus compressa Montagu, 1808, non Linnaeus, 1771 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tridonta montagui (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146518 on 2024-11-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-01-26 08:41:57Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-04-07 16:03:04Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2005-04-07 16:04:35Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2011-10-22 14:32:48Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-02-12 20:17:13Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Astarte klinti Hopner Petersen, 2001) Høpner Petersen G. (2001). Studies on some Arctic and baltic Astarte species (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Meddelelser om Grønland, Bioscience 52: 1-71 [details]

original description (of Astarte angulata S. Woodward, 1833 †) Woodward, S. (1833). An outline of the geology of Norfolk. John Stacy, Norwich. Longman & Co, London. pp. 54, pls I - VI, 1 map. , available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=6msRAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Astarte globosa Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 93 [details]

original description (of Astarte abbreviata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Astarte. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 19: pls 1-3 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve, London. [stated date: Nov. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218333 [details]

original description (of Astarte multicostata MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. Cunningham & Mortimer, London. xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238
page(s): 260 [details]

original description (of Astarte pulchella Jonas, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1845-1847). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Zweiter Band. 2. Cassel: Fischer. 1-231, pls. 1-48. (publ. dates: (1): 1-32 [Sep 1845]; (2): 33-63 [Oct 1845]; (3): 65-87 [Feb 1846]; (4): 89-121 [Aug 1846]; (5): 123-152 [Oct 1846]; (6): 153-182 [Feb 1847]; (7): 183-212 [Mar 1847]; (8): 213-231 [Apr 1847]). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11073321
page(s): 60, pl. 1 fig. 12 [details]

original description (of Crassina convexiuscula T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]

original description (of Crassina obliqua T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]

original description (of Nicania banksii Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. p.lxi - lxiv [in] Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Nicania striata Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. p.lxi - lxiv [in] Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up [details]

original description (of Venus compressa Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 43 [details]

original description (of Venus montacuti W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 2: 243 [details]

original description (of Venus montagui Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 167; note: replacement name for Venus compressa Montagu, 1808, non Linnaeus, 1771 [details]

original description (of Astarte laurentiana var. soror Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 943 [details]

original description (of Nicania montagui orientalis 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. Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 300, fig. 30, photos 250-254 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Nicania banksii var. globosa G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 51 [details]

basis of record 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. Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden. 332 pp.
page(s): 155, fig. 235 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	Montagus astartemusling [from synonym]	[details]
Dutch	driehoekige astarte	[details]
English	narrow-hinge astarte [from synonym]Montagu's astarte [from synonym]Montagu tridonta [from synonym]	[details]
German	Schmalband-Astarte [from synonym]Kugel-Astarte [from synonym]	[details]