Fimbria astartiformis Münster 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Corbis astartiformis, Isocardia astartiformis

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Fimbria according to S. von Wöhrmann 1889

See also Broili 1904, Friesenbichler et al. 2019, Jelen 1989, Laube 1865, Münster 1841, Newton 1923 and Wagner et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum), Fimbria africana, 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, Corbis plana, Corbis major, Corbis scarsellai, Corbis manzavinii, Corbis concinna, Corbis undata, Corbis imbricata, Corbis lirata, Corbis staminea, Corbis lajoyei, Corbis elliptica, Corbis laticostata, Corbis lamellosa, Corbis claibornensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Germany (3), Italy (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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