Family Corbulidae Lamarck 1818 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Synonym: Aloididae Thiele 1935

Parent taxon: Myoidea according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Coan et al. 2000, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Glenn 1904, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Rivera 1957, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Squires 1999, Squires and Saul 2004, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Megadesmatidae, Myacidae, Myidae, Pleurodesmatidae, Raetomyidae, Rhaetomyidae

Subtaxa: Aloides Anticorbula Antiquicorbula Bicorbula Bothrocorbula Caestocorbulinae Caryocorbula Caryocorbulinae Concentricavalva Coquandia Corbula Corbulamellinae Corbulinae Cuneocorbula Cuspicorbula Erodoninae Exallocorbula Ficusocorbula Hexacorbula Indocorbula Juliacorbula Lentidiinae Lentidinae Lhasanella Nipponicorbula Ostomya Pachydontinae Pachyrotunda Panamicorbula Pulsidis Rostrocorbula Semicorbula

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (2), Brazil (9), Costa Rica (4), Djibouti (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), France (2), Haiti (2), Iceland (7), Italy (5), Japan (6), Mexico (6), New Zealand (1), Panama (3), Poland (8), Taiwan (4), Thailand (4), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (94: California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (2), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (9), Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Belgium (8), Colombia (6), Costa Rica (19), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (6), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Iceland (6), India (1), Indonesia (15), Italy (7), Jamaica (6), Japan (4), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (5), Panama (18), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (3), South Africa (6), Trinidad and Tobago (18), the United Kingdom (8), United States (34: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (4), Australia (12), Austria (12), Belgium (7), Brazil (8), Bulgaria (6), Chile (1), Colombia (51), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (23), Ecuador (2), France (3), Germany (55), Greece (2), Grenada (1), Haiti (5), India (8), Indonesia (21), Iran (1), Italy (11), Japan (8), Mexico (4), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (6), Panama (156), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (25), the Philippines (2), Poland (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (7), Somalia (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (22), United States (119: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (7)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Australia (2), Austria (2), Belgium (5), China (1), Denmark (6), France (37), Germany (2), Hungary (5), Kazakhstan (2), Mexico (8), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (18), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (63: Mississippi, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Australia (6), Bahrain (1), Belgium (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (4), China (3), Colombia (7), Egypt (3), France (9), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), India (8), Indonesia (4), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (13), Mexico (18), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Nigeria (10), Pakistan (7), Panama (6), Peru (10), Poland (1), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (50), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (64), United States (440: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1), Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: California)

• Paleogene of Japan (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (8), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (2), Colombia (2), Denmark (8), Egypt (3), Germany (2), Greenland (1), India (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (111: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Argentina (3), Australia (2), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Cameroon (3), Canada (26: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Chile (3), Colombia (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (8), Gabon (2), Germany (4), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Iran (1), Israel (18), Japan (46), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (2), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (4), Poland (3), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), USSR (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (591: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (6), France (17), Germany (1), Greenland (5), India (96), Iran (2), Japan (5), Kenya (3), Madagascar (1), Poland (29), Portugal (78), Romania (1), Somalia (2), Spain (26), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tanzania (8), Tunisia (9), the United Kingdom (42), United States (8: California, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Germany (1), Iran (3), Italy (2), United States (1: Nevada)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: California)

Total: 3185 collections including 4953 occurrences

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