African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS taxon details

Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

591466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591466)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phalium Link, 1807

Original name

Buccinum fimbria Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Phalium fimbriata · unaccepted (misspelling)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591466 on 2026-05-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591466 on 2026-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2011-12-23 13:35:38Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p.
page(s): 36 [details]

basis of record Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). <i>Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp. [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 61 [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 68 [details]