Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 1999. Middle Eocene brackish-marine mollusks from the Matilija Sandstone at Matilija Hot Springs, Ventura County, Southern California. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 480:1-30
Belongs to Corbicula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Corbicula (Corbicula), Corbicula (Corbiculella), Corbicula (Corbiculina), Corbicula (Cyanocyclas), Corbicula (Donacopsis), Corbicula (Leptesthes), Corbicula (Loxoptychodon), Corbicula (Paracorbicula), Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula arnoldi, Corbicula astartoides, Corbicula brevidens, Corbicula britannica, Corbicula carlosensis, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula cowlitzensis, Corbicula dowlingi, Corbicula gerthi, Corbicula ingens, Corbicula kettlemanensis, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula olequahensis, Corbicula oregonensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Type specimen: LACMIP 12464. Its type locality is CSUN 1445 - Matilija Hot Springs [Matilija Sandstone], which is in a Lutetian coastal mudstone/sandstone in the Matilija Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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