WoRMS taxon details
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)
146907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146907)
accepted
Species
Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Fabulina fabuloides Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina (Fabulina) fabula Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Tellina discors Pulteney, 1799 · unaccepted
Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Tellina fabuliformis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina fabulina Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina fabuloides (Monterosato, 1884) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina fragillissima Hanley, 1843 · unaccepted
Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3239 [details]
page(s): 3239 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146907 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fabulina fabuloides Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabuliformis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabulina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina discors Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3239 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. <em>Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6.</em> 352 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabuliformis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabulina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina discors Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3239 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. <em>Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6.</em> 352 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Other
context source (BeRMS 2020)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); (2013). Data collected during the expeditions of the e-learning projects Expedition Zeeleeuw and Planet Ocean. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | stribet tallerkenmusling [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | rechtsgestreepte platschelprechtsgestreepte dwarsschelp [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | semi-striated tellinbean-like tellin | [details] |
| French | telline striéetelline [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | gerippte TellmuschelBohnen-Plattmuschel [from synonym] | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (213 publications) (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fabulina fabula)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker 11, beached, collected 1995-05, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker 11, beached, collected 1995-05-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina (Fabulina) fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Fabulina fabuloides Monterosato, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabuliformis Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabulina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (213 publications) (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fabulina fabula)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker 11, beached, collected 1995-05, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker 11, beached, collected 1995-05-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina (Fabulina) fabula Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Fabulina fabuloides Monterosato, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabuliformis Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fabulina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To ITIS
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