Corbicula oregonensis Turner 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Full reference: F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10)1-130

Belongs to Corbicula according to F. E. Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Corbicula (Corbicula), Corbicula (Corbiculella), Corbicula (Corbiculina), Corbicula (Cyanocyclas), Corbicula (Donacopsis), Corbicula (Leptesthes), Corbicula (Loxoptychodon), Corbicula (Paracorbicula), Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula arnoldi, Corbicula astartoides, Corbicula brevidens, Corbicula britannica, Corbicula carlosensis, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula cowlitzensis, Corbicula dowlingi, Corbicula gerthi, Corbicula ingens, Corbicula jestesi, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula olequahensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis

Type specimen: UC 33103, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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