MolluscaBase taxon details
Astarte vernicosa Dall, 1903
504825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504825)
accepted
Species
Astarte (Nicania) montagui vernicosa Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Astarte (Tridonta) bennettii Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astarte aomoriensis Nomura & Hatai, 1935 · unaccepted
Astarte bennettii Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nicania montagui vernicosa (Dall, 1903) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Tridonta bennettii (Dall, 1903) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 948 [details]
page(s): 948 [details]
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original description
Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 948 [details]
original description (of Astarte aomoriensis Nomura & Hatai, 1935) Nomura, S. & Hatai, K.M. (1935) Pliocene Mollusca from the Daisyaka shell-beds in the vicinity of Daisyaka, Aomori-ken, northeast Honsyû, Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History Research Bulletin, 6, 83–142, pls. 9–13. [details]
original description (of Astarte bennettii Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 945 [details]
taxonomy source Coan, E. V. & [Valentich-]Scott., P. H. (1997). Checklist of the marine bivalves of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Contributions in Science.</em> 1: 1-28.
note: selected as First Revisors of the simultaneously published names bennettii and vernicosa the latter as valid name [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Coan E.V., Valentich-Scott P. & Bernard F.R. (2000) <i>Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 764 pp.
page(s): 291, pl. 57 [details]
page(s): 948 [details]
original description (of Astarte aomoriensis Nomura & Hatai, 1935) Nomura, S. & Hatai, K.M. (1935) Pliocene Mollusca from the Daisyaka shell-beds in the vicinity of Daisyaka, Aomori-ken, northeast Honsyû, Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History Research Bulletin, 6, 83–142, pls. 9–13. [details]
original description (of Astarte bennettii Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1342): 933-951, pls 42-43. [published 10 July 1903]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612330
page(s): 945 [details]
taxonomy source Coan, E. V. & [Valentich-]Scott., P. H. (1997). Checklist of the marine bivalves of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Contributions in Science.</em> 1: 1-28.
note: selected as First Revisors of the simultaneously published names bennettii and vernicosa the latter as valid name [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Coan E.V., Valentich-Scott P. & Bernard F.R. (2000) <i>Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 764 pp.
page(s): 291, pl. 57 [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte bennettii Holotype USNM 83221) (from synonym Astarte bennettii Dall, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte vernicosa Syntype USNM 109276)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte vernicosa Syntype USNM 109276)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte vernicosa Syntype USNM 109276)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Astarte vernicosa Syntype USNM 109276)
To ITIS
Unreviewed