Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Semelidae > Genus Abra

Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abra*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Semele (Abra)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya)*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Syndesmya*	[sic]	synonym
*Syndosmya*	Récluz, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Amphidesma intermedia*	W. Thompson, 1845	synonym
*Scrobicularia tenuis*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya) nitida*	(O. F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya) nitida var. panormensis*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya) nitida var. sindima*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya) nitida var. turgilla*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Semele nitida*	(O. F. Müller, 1776)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: glanspebermusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: glanzende dunschaal sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: glossy furrow-shell; shiny abra sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Pfeffermuschel

Literature

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.
additional source	Wikander, P. B. (1981). Quantitative aspects of deposit feeding in Abra nitida (Müller) and A. longicallus (Scacchi) (Bivalvia, Tellinacea). Sarsia. 66(1): 35-48.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141435