Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative spelling: Corbula (Cuneocorbula)
Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to L. C. Anderson and P. D. Roopnarine 2003
See also Kafanov et al. 2001, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aloides, Anticorbula, Antiquicorbula, Bicorbula, Bothrocorbula, Caestocorbulinae, Caryocorbula, Caryocorbulinae, Concentricavalva, Coquandia, Corbula, Corbulamellinae, Corbulinae, Cuspicorbula, Erodoninae, Exallocorbula, Ficusocorbula, Hexacorbula, Indocorbula, Juliacorbula, Lentidiinae, Lentidinae, Lhasanella, Nipponicorbula, Ostomya, Pachydontinae, Pachyrotunda, Panamicorbula, Pulsidis, Rostrocorbula, Semicorbula
Subtaxa: Corbula (Cuneocorbula) formosa Corbula (Cuneocorbula) kyushuensis Cuneocorbula angulata Cuneocorbula biangulata Cuneocorbula griswoldensis Cuneocorbula helenae Cuneocorbula subengonata Cuneocorbula torreyensis Cuneocorbula weaveri Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
Type: Corbula biangulata
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (17: Florida)
• Eocene of France (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (18: Alabama, California, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Oregon, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), China (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (25: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 81 collections including 83 occurrences
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