Fabulina fabula
Species of bivalve / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fabulina fabula, the bean-like tellin, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae. It is found off the coasts of northwest Europe, where it lives buried in sandy sediments.
Fabulina fabula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Cardiida |
Family: | Tellinidae |
Genus: | Fabulina |
Species: | F. fabula |
Binomial name | |
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791) |
Bivalves are molluscs with a body compressed between two usually similar shell valves joined by an elastic ligament. There are teeth at the edge of the shell and the animal has a muscular foot, gills, siphons, mouth and gut and is surrounded by a mantle inside the shell.