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Flask shel

Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The flask shel (Rocellaria dubia) is a species in the family Gastrochaenidae, order Gastrochaenida.

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Quick facts about the flask shel

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the flask shel live?

Not recorded

Is the flask shel endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the flask shel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderGastrochaenida
  5. familyGastrochaenidae
  6. genusRocellaria
  7. SpeciesRocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)

Synonyms Chama parva, Gastrochaena conchyliophila, Gastrochaena dubia, Gastrochaena dubia var. lata, Gastrochaena hians, Gastrochaena modiolina, Gastrochaena pelagica, Gastrochaena poliana, Gastrochaena polii, Gastrochaena tarentina, Mya dubia, Mya pholadia, Mytilus ambiguus, Pholas faba

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • European flask shellEnglish
  • Flask-shellEnglish
  • nedovřenka evropskáCzech
  • FlaschenmuschelGerman
  • Mye perce-pierreFrench
  • RocellariaItalian
  • SteenboorderDutch
  • Morska dimničarkaSlovenian
  • Europäische GastrochaenaGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flask shel

Other species in the same genus Rocellaria.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the flask shel?

The flask shel (Rocellaria dubia) belongs to the family Gastrochaenidae in the order Gastrochaenida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flask shel (Rocellaria dubia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flask-shel

MLA

“Flask shel (Rocellaria dubia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flask-shel.

BibTeX
@misc{flask_shel_2026,
  title = {Flask shel (Rocellaria dubia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flask-shel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}