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

Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gastrana*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Diodonta*	Deshayes, 1846	synonym
*Uncidens*	Coen, 1934	synonym

Species group names

*Gastrana fragilis var. altavillensis*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Gastrana fragilis var. incrassata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Gastrana fragilis var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Gastrana fragilis var. nigella*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Petricola ochroleuca*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Psammotaea tarentina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Tellina jugosa*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Tellina striatula*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Uncidens arupinensis*	Coen, 1934	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone eierschelp 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.

Greek: Λεπτοτελλίνα

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	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141578

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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