Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative combinations: Corbula gibba, Tellina gibba, Varicorbula gibba
Belongs to Corbula (Varicorbula) according to H. Moths et al. 2010
See also Anderson and Roopnarine 2003, Freneix et al. 1988, Marasti 1973 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis, Corbula (Varicorbula) hatcheri, Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici, Varicorbula baea, Varicorbula bradleyi, Varicorbula capayana, Varicorbula chipolana, Varicorbula crassimarginata, Varicorbula disparilis, Varicorbula elevata, Varicorbula globosa, Varicorbula granti, Varicorbula hodsoni, Varicorbula islatrinitatis, Varicorbula krebsiana, Varicorbula laqueata, Varicorbula minuta, Varicorbula operculum, Varicorbula vieta, Varicorbula zuliana
Subtaxa: Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba subpisum
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Italy (5), Poland (8), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5)
• Pliocene of Belgium (8), Italy (6), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Austria (12), Bulgaria (6), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), Germany (54), Iran (1), Italy (7), Morocco (7), Poland (4), Romania (2), Slovakia (5), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Belgium (3), Denmark (7), France (21), Germany (1), Hungary (4)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 178 collections each including a single occurrence
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