The Bean-like Tellin, Fabulina fabula is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae. It is found off the coasts of north west Europe where it lives buried in sandy sediments. 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.