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Flat furrow-shell

Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The flat furrow-shell (Abra tenuis) is a species in the family Semelidae, order Cardiida.

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Quick facts about the flat furrow-shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 flat furrow-shell live?

Not recorded

Is the flat furrow-shell 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 flat furrow-shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderCardiida
  5. familySemelidae
  6. genusAbra
  7. SpeciesAbra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)

Synonyms Amphidesma nucleolata, Erycina bielzi, Erycina trigona, Lutricularia tenuis, Mactra tenuis, Syndesmya nucleolata, Syndosmya radiata

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Flat European abraEnglish
  • Thin furrow-shellEnglish
  • Platte PfeffermuschelGerman
  • tere dunschaalDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flat furrow-shell

Other species in the same genus Abra.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the flat furrow-shell?

The flat furrow-shell (Abra tenuis) belongs to the family Semelidae in the order Cardiida.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flat furrow-shell (Abra tenuis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-furrow-shell

MLA

“Flat furrow-shell (Abra tenuis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-furrow-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{flat_furrow_shell_2026,
  title = {Flat furrow-shell (Abra tenuis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-furrow-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}