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Fimbria Muhlfeld 1811

  • 1. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD (United Kingdom) emily. glover @ dial. pipex. com j. taylor @ nhm. ac. uk

Description

Genus Fimbria Mühlfeld, 1811

Fimbria Mühlfeld, 1811: 52.

TYPE SPECIES. — Fimbria magna Mühlfeld, 1811 (junior synonym of Venus fimbriata Linnaeus, 1758). (monotypy).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shell 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.

REMARKS

Although often separated as a distinct family Fimbriidae (e.g., Chavan 1969), recent molecular analysis of Fimbria fimbriata indicates that it groups within a monophyletic Lucinidae (Williams et al. 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Glover, Emily A. & Taylor, John D., 2007, Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou, pp. 109-181 in Zoosystema 29 (1) on page 172, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5392295

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Muhlfeld
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Lucinida
Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Fimbria
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Fimbria Muhlfeld, 1811 sec. Glover & Taylor, 2007

References

  • MUHLFELD, MERGELE VON J. K. 1811. - Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schalthiergehause. Magazin Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 5: 38 - 72.
  • LINNAEUS C. 1758. - Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus 1, 10 th ed. L. Salvii, Stockholm, 824 p.
  • CHAVAN A. 1969. - Superfamily Lucinacea Fleming, 1828, in MOORE R. C. (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, vol. 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado: N 491 - N 518.
  • WILLIAMS S. T., TAYLOR J. D. & GLOVER E. A. 2004. - Molecular phylogeny of the Lucinoidea