Caryocorbula Gardner 1926 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2008

Sister taxa: Aloides, Anticorbula, Antiquicorbula, Bicorbula, Bothrocorbula, Caestocorbulinae, 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: none

Type: Corbula alabamiensis

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections), Costa Rica (4), Djibouti (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), Panama (3), United States (84: California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (14), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (6), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (17), Trinidad and Tobago (15), the United Kingdom (7), United States (21: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Chile (1), Colombia (36), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), Germany (2), Grenada (1), Italy (3), Mexico (4), Panama (122), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (18), United States (13: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island), Venezuela (5)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (2), Germany (1), Hungary (5), New Zealand (3), Panama (3)

• Eocene of Australia (6), Belgium (3), France (8), Indonesia (1), Mexico (7), New Zealand (3), Panama (6), Peru (3), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (166: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene of Belgium (4), New Zealand (1), United States (17: Alabama, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Colombia (1), Germany (1), India (3), Iran (1), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Peru (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), United States (85: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 757 collections including 838 occurrences

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