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 Scrobicularia

Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scrobicularia*	Schumacher, 1815	accepted genus name
*Lavigno*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Lavignon*	A. d'Orbigny, 1845	synonym
*Lavignonus*	A. Férussac, 1822	synonym
*Ligula*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Semele (Scrobicularia)*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Lavigno calcinella*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Lavigno calcinella var. gallobritannica*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Lavigno calcinella var. intermedia*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Lavigno calcinella var. mediterranea*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Lavigno calcinella var. oceanica*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Mactra compressa*	Pulteney, 1799	synonym
*Mactra listeri*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Mactra piperata*	Poiret, 1789	synonym
*Mya gaditana*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Mya orbiculata*	Spengler, 1793	synonym
*Scrobicularia arenaria*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Scrobicularia piperata*	(Poiret, 1789)	synonym
*Scrobicularia piperata var. minor*	Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Scrobicularia plana var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898	synonym
*Scrobicularia plana var. obliqua*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898	synonym
*Scrobicularia plana var. solidiuscula*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898	synonym
*Semele (Scrobicularia) piperata*	(Poiret, 1789)	synonym
*Semele (Scrobicularia) piperata var. atterina*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Semele piperata*	(Poiret, 1789)	synonym
*Semele piperata var. atterina*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Solen callosus*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Syndosmya truncata*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Trigonella listeriana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Trigonella plana*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus gibbula*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: petashuqja e lagunave sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

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

Dutch: platte slijkgaper 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: peppery furrow clam; peppery 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.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

French: fausse palourde; lavignon; palourde plate; pisse en l'air; scrobiculaire sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Flache Pfeffermuschel; grosse Pfeffermuschel; Pfeffermuschel 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.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

Greek: Γλυκοκόχυλο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: pepperskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: peparskjel

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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Frenkiel L. & Mouëza M. (1979). Développement larvaire de deux Tellinacea, Scrobicularia plana (Semelidae) et Donax vittatus (Donacidae). Marine Biology 55: 187-195
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	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	Santos, S.; Luttikhuizen, P. C.; Campos, J.; Heip, C. H.; Van der Veer, H. W. (2011). Spatial distribution patterns of the peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) along the European coast: A review. Journal of Sea Research. 66(3): 238-247.

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External Links

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778). 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:141424