Caestocorbula cavus Squires and Saul 2004 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2004. Cretaceous corbulid bivalves of the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 47(2):103-129

Belongs to Caestocorbula according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004

Sister taxa: Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula allisoni, Caestocorbula angustata, Caestocorbula attina, Caestocorbula aura, Caestocorbula clarendonensis, Caestocorbula crassiplica, Caestocorbula fossata, Caestocorbula gigantica, Caestocorbula gujaratensis, Caestocorbula henckeliusiana, Caestocorbula kubera, Caestocorbula murchisonii, Caestocorbula subtumida, Caestocorbula twiningi, Caestocorbula wailesiana

Type specimen: UCMP 155539

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caestocorbula cavus in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.