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 alba (W. Wood, 1802)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Abra renieri*	(Bronn, 1831)	synonym
*Amphidesma boysiana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Erycina renierii*	Bronn, 1831	synonym
*Erycina tumida*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Mactra alba*	W. Wood, 1802	synonym
*Mactra boysii*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Syndesmya alba*	(W. Wood, 1802)	synonym
*Syndesmya alba var. apesa*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Syndesmya alba var. curta*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Syndosmya alba*	(W. Wood, 1802)	synonym
*Syndosmya alba var. major*	Recluz, 1843	synonym
*Syndosmya occitanica*	Récluz, 1844	synonym
*Tellina pellucida*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Tellina semidentata*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: witte dunschaal sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: white abra; white furrow shell; white furrow-shell 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.;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

French: syndesmye blanche; telline blanche sources: Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

German: kleine Pfeffermuschel; weiße 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	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.
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.
additional source	Dewarumez, J. M., Quisthoudt, C. and Richard, A. 1986. Suivi pluriannuel du peuplement a Abra alba dans la partie meridionale de la Mer du Nord (region du Dunkerque-France). Hydrobiologia 142: 1870-1197.
additional source	Webb C.M. (1986). Post-larval development of the tellinacean bivalves Abra alba, Tellina fabula and Donax vittatus (Mollusca, Bivalvia), with reference to the late larva. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66: 749-762.
redescription	Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802). 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:141433