diff --git a/noodles-fasta/CHANGELOG.md b/noodles-fasta/CHANGELOG.md
index 3454cf7f0..ba4eddd74 100644
--- a/noodles-fasta/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/noodles-fasta/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
   * fasta/fai/record: Implement `Clone`.
 
+  * fasta/sequence: Add `Record` trait.
+
 ### Changed
 
   * fasta/fai/index: Add wrapper (`Index`).
diff --git a/noodles-fasta/src/lib.rs b/noodles-fasta/src/lib.rs
index a73364a5e..182533ae0 100644
--- a/noodles-fasta/src/lib.rs
+++ b/noodles-fasta/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub mod fai;
 pub mod io;
 pub mod record;
 pub mod repository;
+pub mod sequence;
 
 #[deprecated(
     since = "0.39.0",
diff --git a/noodles-fasta/src/sequence.rs b/noodles-fasta/src/sequence.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d47c38976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noodles-fasta/src/sequence.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//! Sequence format.
+
+pub mod record;
+
+pub use self::record::Record;
diff --git a/noodles-fasta/src/sequence/record.rs b/noodles-fasta/src/sequence/record.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f38578a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noodles-fasta/src/sequence/record.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Sequence record.
+
+/// A sequence record.
+pub trait Record {
+    /// Returns the name.
+    fn name(&self) -> &[u8];
+
+    /// Returns the description.
+    fn description(&self) -> Option<&[u8]>;
+
+    /// Returns the sequence.
+    fn sequence(&self) -> &[u8];
+
+    /// Returns the quality scores.
+    fn quality_scores(&self) -> &[u8];
+}