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Fimbria

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Fimbria Mühlfeldt p. 52
1817Corbis Cuvier p. 480
1944Corbis Durham p. 144
1969Fimbria Cox et al. p. 513
1977Fimbria Adegoke p. 255
1980Fimbria Vokes p. 106
1987Fimbria Squires p. 61
1992Fimbria Lamprell and Whitehead p. 50
1992Fimbria Squires and Demetrion p. 40
1999Fimbria Squires p. 25
2002Fimbria Sepkoski
2007Fimbria Glover and Taylor p. 172
2010Corbis Bouchet et al.
2015Fimbria Hickman p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusFimbriaMühlfeldt 1811

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Fimbria Mühlfeldt 1811
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Subg. †Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) Mörch 1853
Fimbria africana Adegoke 1977
Fimbria astartiformis Münster 1841
Fimbria fimbriata Linnaeus 1758
Fimbria furoni Cox 1952
Fimbria jamaicensis Trechmann 1923
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843
Fimbria mellingi Hauer 1857
Fimbria pacifica Squires 1990
Fimbria regularis Fan 1963
Fimbria semireticulata Parona 1890
Fimbria sowerbyi Reeve 1841
Fimbria striaticostata d'Orbigny 1844
Fimbria subdavidsoni Furon 1948
Fimbria subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850
Fimbria susanensis Squires 1990
Fimbria vernoni Richards 1953
Invalid names: Corbis Cuvier 1817 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007Shell large, thick, ovate, anteriorly extended, inflated. Umbones low. Sculpture of radial
ribs crossed by closely spaced, rounded commarginal lamellae. Lunule short, lanceolate. Ligament set in shallow groove. Hinge massive, with 2 cardinal teeth in each valve, a single, large anterior lateral tooth close to cardinals, with smaller posterior lateral located above posterior adductor scar. Anterior adductor muscle scar short, broad, reniform in outline, slightly deviating from the pallial line. Pallial line entire. Interior shell margin strongly denticulate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 235.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma

Collections (225 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Tyrol) F. mellingi (202331)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Gonodon mellingii (203176)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany F. astartiformis (206009 206041) F. mellingi (206037) F. mellingi, F. astartiformis (206011)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Gonodon mellingii (203197 203199 203204 203269 203270 203271 203277 203338)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria F. astartiformis (206002) F. mellingi (206043)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Turkey (Balıkesir) Corbis manzavinii (201912) Corbis sp. (201908)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Corbis plana, Gonodon laticostatus (144634) Isocardia plana, Isocardia astartiformis, Isocardia laticostata (137429)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria F. astartiformis (149436)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy F. semireticulata (173592)
Semicostatum - Turneri196.5 - 189.6China (Guangdong) F. regularis (150395)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Morocco Corbis sp. (21261)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Corbis aspera (220495)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Japan (Miyagi) F. tenuiconcha (40543)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (England) F. lajoyei (8522)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia F. lajoyei (48105 48106)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tanzania F. kidugalloensis (36404)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Corbis lajoyi (36552)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia F. lajoyei (48142 48301 48405 48447)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) F. lajoyei (96155 96182 96186 96187 96193)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) F. lajoyei (96147 96150 96160)