Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative spelling: Corbula (Bicorbula)
Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to L. C. Anderson and P. D. Roopnarine 2003
See also Iqbal 1973, Sepkoski 2002, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Aloides, Anticorbula, Antiquicorbula, Bothrocorbula, Caestocorbulinae, Caryocorbula, Caryocorbulinae, Concentricavalva, Coquandia, Corbula, Corbulamellinae, Corbulinae, Cuneocorbula, Cuspicorbula, Erodoninae, Exallocorbula, Ficusocorbula, Hexacorbula, Indocorbula, Juliacorbula, Lentidiinae, Lentidinae, Lhasanella, Nipponicorbula, Ostomya, Pachydontinae, Pachyrotunda, Panamicorbula, Pulsidis, Rostrocorbula, Semicorbula
Subtaxa: Bicorbula gallicula Bicorbula idonea Bicorbula kutchensis Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Corbula (Bicorbula) harpa Corbula (Bicorbula) ickei Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense Corbula (Bicorbula) praexarata Corbula (Bicorbula) pseudorakhiensis Corbula (Bicorbula) samanaensis Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata Corbula (Bicorbula) tjiguhanensis
Type: Corbula gallica
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4 collections)
• Miocene of India (3), Indonesia (2), United States (33: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Bahrain (1), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (2), France (3), India (7), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Pakistan (4), Romania (12), Spain (29), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (14)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (8), Colombia (2), India (1), Pakistan (2), United States (1: North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Egypt (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Somalia (1)
Total: 146 collections including 157 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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