Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative spelling: Corbula (Cuspicorbula)

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1928 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Cuspicorbula busera

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Restin [Restin Fm] (Eocene of Peru)

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