Subfamily Corbulinae Lamarck 1818 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Synonym: Potamocorbulinae Habe 1977

Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Freneix et al. 1988, Iqbal 1973, Kanno 1978, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires and Saul 2004, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992

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

Subtaxa: Anapteris Corbulomima Eoursivivas Excorbula Flexicorbula Panzacorbula Physoida Potamocorbula Ursirivus Vokesula

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Panama (2 collections)

• Miocene of Panama (4), the Russian Federation (2)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Mexico (8), United States (92: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene of Mexico (5), United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Japan (5), Lebanon (1), United States (58: California, Texas)

• Jurassic of China (2), France (5), Greenland (5), India (69), Iran (1), Portugal (71), Spain (26), the United Kingdom (25)

Total: 392 collections including 429 occurrences

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