WoRMS taxon details
Glabella faba (Linnaeus, 1758)
473795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473795)
accepted
Species
Marginella faba (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Marginella laevilabris Jousseaume, 1875 · unaccepted
Pterygia erminea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Pyrene faba (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Voluta faba Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Voluta faba Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glabella faba (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473795 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta faba Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 730 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pterygia erminea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Marginella laevilabris Jousseaume, 1875) Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie.</em> ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33047555 [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
page(s): 730 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pterygia erminea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Marginella laevilabris Jousseaume, 1875) Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie.</em> ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33047555 [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Marginella laevilabris Jousseaume, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Marginella faba (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Glabella faba (Linnaeus, 1758) Senegal, SW Senegal, on sand at low tide, collected ...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Marginella laevilabris Jousseaume, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Marginella faba (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Glabella faba (Linnaeus, 1758) Senegal, SW Senegal, on sand at low tide, collected ...