WoRMS taxon details
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
141578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141578)
accepted
Species
Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petricola ochroleuca Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Psammotaea tarentina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina hyalina Spengler, 1794 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Tellina hyalina Gmelin, 1791
Tellina jugosa T. Brown, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina poligona Salis Marschlins, 1793 · unaccepted
Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uncidens arupinensis Coen, 1934 · unaccepted
- Forma Gastrana fragilis f. aquitanica Cossmann & Peyrot, 1910 † accepted as Gastrana aquitanica Cossmann & Peyrot, 1910 † (basionym)
- Variety Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900 accepted as Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141578 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Uncidens arupinensis Coen, 1934) Coen G. (1934). Due nuovi Lamellibranchi adriatici. Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia marina di Rovigno d'Istria 14: 3-6, pl. 1-2
page(s): 3-5; pl.1 [details]
original description (of Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Petricola ochroleuca Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Psammotaea tarentina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Tellina jugosa T. Brown, 1818) Brown, T. (1818). Account of the Irish testacea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History. Society. 2(2): 501-536., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=d0lgCKhd2fwC
page(s): 506-507 [details]
original description (of Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 417 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 689 [details]
original description (of Tellina poligona Salis Marschlins, 1793) Salis Marschlins, C. U. von. 1793. Reisen in verschiedne Provinzen des Königsreichs Neapel. Erster Band. Mit Kupfern Zürich, Leipzig. (Ziegler), : 1-442, [1-4], Tab. I-VIII [= 1-8]., available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/2318188 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 3-5; pl.1 [details]
original description (of Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Petricola ochroleuca Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Psammotaea tarentina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Tellina jugosa T. Brown, 1818) Brown, T. (1818). Account of the Irish testacea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History. Society. 2(2): 501-536., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=d0lgCKhd2fwC
page(s): 506-507 [details]
original description (of Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 417 [details]
original description (of Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 689 [details]
original description (of Tellina poligona Salis Marschlins, 1793) Salis Marschlins, C. U. von. 1793. Reisen in verschiedne Provinzen des Königsreichs Neapel. Erster Band. Mit Kupfern Zürich, Leipzig. (Ziegler), : 1-442, [1-4], Tab. I-VIII [= 1-8]., available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/2318188 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- From editor or global species database
- Aegean Sea
- Black Sea
- Malta
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Sea of Marmara
- Spain
- (no group)
- Unreviewed
- Belgium
- France
- Ireland
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792)
To Malacopics (Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Chios, Limenas Meston, at...
To Malacopics (Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Gastrana fragilis (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.R07644)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Uncidens arupinensis Coen, 1934)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola ochroleuca Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Psammotaea tarentina Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina jugosa T. Brown, 1818)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792)
To Malacopics (Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Chios, Limenas Meston, at...
To Malacopics (Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Gastrana fragilis (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.R07644)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina striatula Olivi, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. nigella De Gregorio, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. major Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Uncidens arupinensis Coen, 1934)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola ochroleuca Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Psammotaea tarentina Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina jugosa T. Brown, 1818)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
