Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Laevicardiinae > Genus Fulvia

Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fulvia*	Gray, 1853	accepted genus name
*Fulvia (Fulvia)*	Gray, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium fragile*	Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775	basionym
*Cardium fragile*	Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775	synonym
*Fulvia (Fulvia) fragilis*	(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	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	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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

ter Poorten, J.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Fulvia fragilis. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605733