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Fimbria
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Lucinacea
Family:
Fimbriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fimbria Megerle von MÜHLFELD, 1811
Type Species:
F. magna (=Venus fimbriata LINNÉ, 1758), OD
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Fig. E17,1. *F. fimbriata (Linné), Rec., Eu., 1 a-c, RV ext., int., LV int., X1 (674)"
Synonyms
Corbis, Idothea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Pac.-India-Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Transversely elliptical, subequilateral, thick, beaks prosogyrous, lunule small, lanceolate, ligament external but partly sunken, surface with strong reticulate sculpture, concentric ribs medially dominant, hinge with 2 cardinals in each valve, $3 b$ grooved, anterior laterals near, posterior laterals remote, interior with very small pallial sinus and crenulate margin
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Lucinacea
Family:
Fimbriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fimbria Megerle von MÜHLFELD, 1811
Type Species:
F. magna (=Venus fimbriata LINNÉ, 1758), OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E17,1. *F. fimbriata (Linné), Rec., Eu., 1 a-c, RV ext., int., LV int., X1 (674)"
Synonyms
Corbis, Idothea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Pac.-India-Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Transversely elliptical, subequilateral, thick, beaks prosogyrous, lunule small, lanceolate, ligament external but partly sunken, surface with strong reticulate sculpture, concentric ribs medially dominant, hinge with 2 cardinals in each valve, $3 b$ grooved, anterior laterals near, posterior laterals remote, interior with very small pallial sinus and crenulate margin