Fimbria Mühlfeldt 1811 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonym: Corbis Cuvier 1817 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007

See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Durham 1944, Hickman 2015, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires 1990, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina

Subtaxa: Corbis claibornensis Corbis concinna Corbis elliptica Corbis imbricata Corbis lajoyei Corbis lamellosa Corbis laticostata Corbis lirata Corbis major Corbis manzavinii Corbis plana Corbis scarsellai Corbis staminea Corbis undata Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) Fimbria africana Fimbria astartiformis Fimbria fimbriata Fimbria furoni Fimbria jamaicensis Fimbria lajoyei Fimbria mellingi Fimbria pacifica Fimbria regularis Fimbria semireticulata Fimbria sowerbyi Fimbria striaticostata Fimbria subdavidsoni Fimbria subpectunculus Fimbria susanensis Fimbria vernoni

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Type: Venus fimbriata

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Japan (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Italy (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (2), France (2), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (3), Peru (1), Romania (1), United States (14: Alabama, California, Florida)

• Paleocene of Belgium (8), China (1), France (1), Germany (1), Nigeria (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (3: California)

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (2), France (8), Hungary (1), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (10), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California)

• Jurassic of China (1), Ethiopia (3), France (45), Germany (2), Italy (1), Japan (2), Kenya (9), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (17), Tanzania (5), Tunisia (14), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: California)

• Triassic of Austria (4), Germany (4), Hungary (9), Italy (2), Turkey (2)

Total: 224 collections including 244 occurrences

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