Corbula Bruguière 1789 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Synonyms: Aloidis Megerle 1811, Corbula (Aloidis) Megerle 1811

Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to Y. S. Repin 2013

See also Adegoke 1977, Anderson 1996, Anderson and Roopnarine 2003, Bouchet et al. 2010, da Silva Forti 1969, Durham 1944, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Glenn 1904, Iqbal 1973, Kanno 1978, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Marasti 1973, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Oostingh 1935, Rivera 1957, Russell and Landes 1937, Schneider et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Stanton 1895, Vokes 1980, Wienrich 1999, Woodring 1938 and Woods 1922

Sister taxa: Aloides, Anticorbula, Antiquicorbula, Bicorbula, Bothrocorbula, Caestocorbulinae, Caryocorbula, Caryocorbulinae, Concentricavalva, Coquandia, Corbulamellinae, Corbulinae, Cuneocorbula, Cuspicorbula, Erodoninae, Exallocorbula, Ficusocorbula, Hexacorbula, Indocorbula, Juliacorbula, Lentidiinae, Lentidinae, Lhasanella, Nipponicorbula, Ostomya, Pachydontinae, Pachyrotunda, Panamicorbula, Pulsidis, Rostrocorbula, Semicorbula

Subtaxa: Aloidis cheribonensis Aloidis scaphoides Aloidis tunicata Corbula (Anisocorbula) Corbula (Caryocorbula) Corbula (Corbula) Corbula (Notocorbula) Corbula (Serracorbula) Corbula (Solidicorbula) Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Corbula (Varicorbula) Corbula acutangula Corbula acuticostata Corbula alpina Corbula alta Corbula arnoldi Corbula atlantica Corbula azzarolae Corbula betsyae Corbula birostrata Corbula blakei Corbula buckmani Corbula burnsi Corbula carinata Corbula cliffensis Corbula compressa Corbula cotuhensis Corbula daghaniensis Corbula densata Corbula diaboli Corbula diegoana Corbula ecuabula Corbula elliptotrigona Corbula engonata Corbula evansana Corbula extenuata Corbula filosa Corbula franklini Corbula ganguararica Corbula gibbosa Corbula grandidieri Corbula gregorioi Corbula inaequalis Corbula incurvata Corbula intastriata Corbula involuta Corbula islipensis Corbula khalidi Corbula knoxiana Corbula lacteana Corbula lyoni Corbula lyonsi Corbula lyra Corbula mekranica Corbula muricina Corbula negritensis Corbula nematophora Corbula nigeriensis Corbula obliquata Corbula oldhami Corbula onestae Corbula oniscus Corbula palliseri Corbula paracasensis Corbula paracrassa Corbula parinasensis Corbula parsura Corbula pectinata Corbula percompressa Corbula peruviana Corbula primorsa Corbula regulbiensis Corbula rosecanyonensis Corbula sinuosa Corbula spectabilis Corbula sphenia Corbula sprouli Corbula stillwaterensis Corbula striatina Corbula striatuloides Corbula subengota Corbula sublineata Corbula sulcata Corbula sulcifera Corbula taheri Corbula tenuisulcata Corbula terramaria Corbula tomulata Corbula trigonalis Corbula tumida Corbula tunicosulcata Corbula ursaniensis Corbula wardii Corbula waringi Corbula woodsi Corbulamella suffalciata

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Type: Corbula sulcata

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (2), Costa Rica (2), Djibouti (3), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), France (1), Haiti (1), Italy (5), Japan (6), Panama (2), Poland (8), Taiwan (4), Thailand (4), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (17: California, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (2), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (9), Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Belgium (8), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (14), Italy (7), Jamaica (4), Japan (4), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (5), Panama (14), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (3), South Africa (6), Trinidad and Tobago (6), the United Kingdom (4), United States (17: California, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (7)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (11), Austria (12), Belgium (7), Brazil (8), Bulgaria (6), Colombia (4), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (12), France (3), Germany (54), Greece (2), Haiti (1), India (7), Indonesia (21), Iran (1), Italy (9), Japan (8), Mexico (2), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (6), Panama (49), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (6), the Philippines (2), Poland (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (7), Somalia (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (11), United States (100: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Austria (2), Belgium (4), China (1), Denmark (6), France (27), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Kazakhstan (2), Mexico (8), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (18), Pakistan (2), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (62: Mississippi, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Belgium (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (4), China (3), Colombia (6), Egypt (2), France (8), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (6), Nigeria (10), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Peru (5), Poland (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (35), the United Kingdom (43), United States (253: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Austria (2), Belgium (2), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Denmark (7), Egypt (3), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), United States (75: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Australia (2), Brazil (1), Cameroon (2), Canada (25: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Egypt (6), Gabon (1), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Israel (10), Japan (12), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (3), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), USSR (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (278: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (2), France (12), Germany (1), India (1), Iran (1), Japan (5), Kenya (3), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), Portugal (9), Romania (1), Somalia (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tanzania (8), the United Kingdom (9), United States (8: California, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Germany (1), Italy (2), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 1698 collections including 2143 occurrences

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