Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Cardiinae > Genus Fulvia

Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fulvia*	J. E. Gray, 1853	accepted genus name
*Fulvia (Fulvia)*	J. E. Gray, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium fragile*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym
*Fulvia (Fulvia) fragilis*	(Forsskål, 1775)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Vidal, J. (1994). A review of the genus Fulvia Gray, 1853. (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Apex. 9(4): 93-118.
basis of record	Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Moro, L., Herrera, R. Ayza, O., Ocaña, O., Monterroso O., Freitas R., de León, A., Cozzi, S., Iglesias, R., Marrero J., Martín J., Carballo J., Rabeling, D., Bacallado, J.J. & Ortea, J. (2020). Primeros registros de invertebrados marinos para las Islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (iV). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 32: 127-148.
additional source	Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. (2012). Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 503–525.
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. Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål, 1775). 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:605733