MSBIAS taxon details
Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
152282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152282)
accepted
Species
Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152282 on 2026-08-24
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152282 on 2026-08-24
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(of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 153, figs 32, 233-234 [details] Available for editors
page(s): pl. 18 fig. 3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 153, figs 32, 233-234 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astarte elliptica) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Canada, British Columbia, Jervis Inlet, ex coll...
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Iceland, Vesturland, Breidafjördur, at 50 m dep...
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zeeland, Roompot)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050856) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astarte elliptica) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Canada, British Columbia, Jervis Inlet, ex coll...
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Iceland, Vesturland, Breidafjördur, at 50 m dep...
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Tridonta elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zeeland, Roompot)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 050856) (from synonym Astarte elliptica (T. Brown, 1827))
To ITIS
