Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative combination: Corbula hettneri

Synonym: Corbula scheibei Anderson 1928

Belongs to Pachydon according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Pachydon altus, Pachydon amazonensis, Pachydon andersonae, Pachydon carinatus, Pachydon cebada, Pachydon cuneatus, Pachydon ellipticus, Pachydon erectum, Pachydon iquitensis, Pachydon ledaeformis, Pachydon maaikeae, Pachydon obliquus, Pachydon ovatus, Pachydon telliniformis, Pachydon tenuis, Pachydon trigonalis

Type specimens:

• Pachydon hettneri: Its type locality is San Juan de Rio Seco, which is in an Eocene marginal marine shale in Colombia
• Corbula scheibei: Its type locality is San Juan de Rio Seco, which is in an Eocene marginal marine shale in Colombia.

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at San Juan de Rio Seco

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.