Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative combination: Corbula (Varicorbula) capayana
Belongs to Varicorbula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Squires 1987
Sister taxa: Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba, Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis, Corbula (Varicorbula) hatcheri, Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici, Varicorbula baea, Varicorbula bradleyi, Varicorbula chipolana, Varicorbula crassimarginata, Varicorbula disparilis, Varicorbula elevata, Varicorbula globosa, Varicorbula granti, Varicorbula hodsoni, Varicorbula islatrinitatis, Varicorbula krebsiana, Varicorbula laqueata, Varicorbula minuta, Varicorbula operculum, Varicorbula vieta, Varicorbula zuliana
Type specimen: UCMP 15733. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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