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Fimbria Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
464025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464025)
accepted
Genus
Fimbria magna Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Fimbria fimbriata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Corbis Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Gafrarium (Corbis) Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Idothea Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Fimbria aequalis (Meneghini, 1880) †
- Species Fimbria alpaghina (Catullo, 1826) †
- Species Fimbria alveolus (Dubar, 1948) †
- Species Fimbria berriassica Yanin, 2021 †
- Species Fimbria buvignieri (Deshayes, 1850) †
- Species Fimbria capduri (Cossmann, 1907) †
- Species Fimbria chateleti (Cossmann, 1916) †
- Species Fimbria ciplyensis (É. Vincent, 1930) †
- Species Fimbria claibornensis (Dall, 1903) †
- Species Fimbria cochlearis (Dubar, 1948) †
- Species Fimbria corneti (É. Vincent, 1930) †
- Species Fimbria damesi (G. Boehm, 1883) †
- Species Fimbria davidsoni (Deshayes, 1857) †
- Species Fimbria decussata (Buvignier, 1852) †
- Species Fimbria dyonisea (Buvignier, 1852) †
- Species Fimbria elliptica (Hislop, 1860) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, primary homonym of Corbis elliptica d'Archiac & Haime, 1854)
- Species Fimbria fimbriata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Fimbria furoni L. R. Cox, 1952 †
- Species Fimbria gigantea (Buvignier, 1852) †
- Species Fimbria guirandi (de Loriol, 1888) †
- Species Fimbria jamaicensis (Trechmann, 1923) †
- Species Fimbria lajoyei (d'Archiac, 1843) †
- Species Fimbria lamellosa (Lamarck, 1806) †
- Species Fimbria lohani Pacaud, 2013 †
- Species Fimbria lorioli (Cossmann, 1924) †
- Species Fimbria major (Bayan, 1873) †
- Species Fimbria maraschinii Bayan, 1870 †
- Species Fimbria mclellani (M. A. Hanna, 1927) †
- Species Fimbria minor (O. Boettger, 1875) †
- Species Fimbria mirabilis (Buvignier, 1852) †
- Species Fimbria montensis (Cossmann, 1908) †
- Species Fimbria multilamellosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Fimbria oblonga (Stoliczka, 1871) †
- Species Fimbria olssoni H. G. Richards, 1953 †
- Species Fimbria pacifica Squires, 1990 †
- Species Fimbria pectunculus (Lamarck, 1818) †
- Species Fimbria sacrificata (G. Boehm, 1883) †
- Species Fimbria scobinella (Buvignier, 1852) †
- Species Fimbria soverbii (Reeve, 1841)
- Species Fimbria strambergensis (G. Boehm, 1883) †
- Species Fimbria sublamellosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Fimbria subpectunculus (d'Archiac, 1850) †
- Species Fimbria susanensis Squires, 1990 †
- Species Fimbria transversaria (Cossmann, 1908) †
- Species Fimbria trulla (Dubar, 1948) †
- Species Fimbria typica (Stoliczka, 1871) †
- Species Fimbria ursannensis (de Loriol, 1895) †
- Species Fimbria valfinensis (de Loriol, 1888) †
- Species Fimbria vernoni H. G. Richards, 1953 †
- Species Fimbria vietnamensis Thach, 2025
- Species Fimbria yuzgatensis (d'Archiac, 1866) †
- Species Fimbria patagonica R. A. Philippi, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Fimbria subclathratoides Gemmellaro, 1875 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Fimbria tenuiconcha Hayami, 1959 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Fimbria coarctata Zittel, 1865 † accepted as Mutiella coarctata (Zittel, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fimbria laevigata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) accepted as Lahillia laevigata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fimbria magna Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Fimbria fimbriata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unnecessary substitute name and objective synonym of Venus fimbriata)
- Species Fimbria sowerbyi (Reeve, 1841) accepted as Fimbria soverbii (Reeve, 1841) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fimbria subelliptica (d'Archiac & Haime, 1854) † accepted as Rawya pharaonis (Bellardi, 1854) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fimbria subpectunculus (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Fimbria lohani Pacaud, 2013 †
- Species Fimbria vietnamense Thach, 2025 accepted as Fimbria vietnamensis Thach, 2025 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
neuter
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fimbria Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464025 on 2026-09-25
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original description
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Corbis Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). <i>Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée</i>. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030
page(s): 2: 480 [details]
original description (of Idothea Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 52, 160 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 144-145 [details]
additional source Nicol D. (1950). Recent species of the lucinoid pelecypod Fimbria. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 40(3): 82–87. [details]
redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Corbis Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). <i>Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée</i>. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030
page(s): 2: 480 [details]
original description (of Idothea Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 52, 160 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 144-145 [details]
additional source Nicol D. (1950). Recent species of the lucinoid pelecypod Fimbria. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 40(3): 82–87. [details]
redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors
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