Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Full reference: G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak. 2007. Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) bivalves from the Karai Formation, Uttattur Group, of the Cauvery Basin, south India. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 72:1-101
Belongs to Caestocorbula according to G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak 2007
Sister taxa: Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula allisoni, Caestocorbula angustata, Caestocorbula attina, Caestocorbula aura, Caestocorbula cavus, Caestocorbula clarendonensis, Caestocorbula crassiplica, Caestocorbula fossata, Caestocorbula gigantica, Caestocorbula gujaratensis, Caestocorbula henckeliusiana, Caestocorbula murchisonii, Caestocorbula subtumida, Caestocorbula twiningi, Caestocorbula wailesiana
Type specimen: ARI G2721/1, a valve. Its type locality is Odiyam locality 1, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate packstone in the Karai Formation of India.
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.