Fimbria fimbriata Linnaeus 1758 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Venus fimbriata

Belongs to Fimbria according to Nicol 1950

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Wilson 2002

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Fimbria fimbriata in the database

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