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Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)

156763  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156763)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus faba O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 250 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American,...  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower North Shore, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156763 on 2025-07-11
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2005-05-19 14:10:07Z
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2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
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2022-04-24 16:50:52Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Mytilus faba O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 250 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Lermond, N. W. (1923). <i>Crenella faba</i> Müller on the coast of Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(3): 104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279906 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 1.5 cm in size [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower North Shore, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
LanguageName 
English faba crenellabean crenella  [details]
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