Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parent taxon: Corbula according to R. L. Squires 1999
See also Anderson and Roopnarine 2003, Bouchet et al. 2010, da Silva Forti 1969, Darragh and Kendrick 2008, Freneix et al. 1988, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Jung 1965, Mansfield 1940, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Saul 2004, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Corbula (Anisocorbula), 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, Aloidis tunicata, Aloidis scaphoides, Aloidis cheribonensis
Subtaxa: Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Corbula (Caryocorbula) nuciformis Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitei
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (3), United States (5: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Brazil (6), Bulgaria (2), the Dominican Republic (9), Peru (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (35: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Colombia (4), United States (99: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of United States (18: Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 205 collections including 239 occurrences