Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730
Belongs to Corbicula according to B. L. Clark 1938
Sister taxa: Corbicula (Corbicula), Corbicula (Corbiculella), Corbicula (Corbiculina), Corbicula (Cyanocyclas), Corbicula (Donacopsis), Corbicula (Leptesthes), Corbicula (Loxoptychodon), Corbicula (Paracorbicula), Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula astartoides, Corbicula brevidens, Corbicula britannica, Corbicula carlosensis, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula cowlitzensis, Corbicula dowlingi, Corbicula gerthi, Corbicula ingens, Corbicula jestesi, Corbicula kettlemanensis, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula olequahensis, Corbicula oregonensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula williamsoni, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Type specimen: UCMP 30843, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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