Corbula mekranica Vredenburg 1928 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506

Belongs to Corbula according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980

See also Tiwari and Kachhara 2003 and Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: 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 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

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Miocene of India (2), Pakistan (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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