Species Fimbria soverbii (Reeve, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Corbis soverbii Reeve, L.A. 1841. Conchologia Systematica or complete system of conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longmans, Brown, Green & Longman In two volumes. Vol. 1 195 pp. [81, pl. 58, figs 4-6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Negros, Philippines.
• Corbis elegans Deshayes, G.P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 9 728 pp. [pl. 103].

 

Generic Combinations

• Fimbria souverbii (Reeve, 1841) [combination and mispelling].
• Fimbria soverbi (Reeve, 1841) [combination and misspelling].
• Fimbria sowerbyi (Reeve, 1842) [changed combination and misspelling]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 23, fig. 147]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

In Zostrea zone

 

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [B618] (as Fimbria soverbi (Reeve, 1842))

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (lists misspellings)

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [50, no. 147]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [933, pl. 463, fig. 2]

Reeve, L.A. 1842. Description of a new species of Corbis, a genus of acephalous mollusks of the family Nympacea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841(Part 9): 85-86 [85] (Corbis soverbii description)

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [54, pl. 55D] (Sowerby's Basket Clam)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	LUCINOIDEA	30-May-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		11-May-2011	MODIFIED