Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative spelling: Varicorbula
Parent taxon: Corbula according to L. C. Anderson 1996
See also Dey 1961, Freneix et al. 1988, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Woodring 1938 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Corbula (Anisocorbula), Corbula (Caryocorbula), Corbula (Corbula), Corbula (Notocorbula), Corbula (Serracorbula), Corbula (Solidicorbula), Corbula (Tenuicorbula), Corbula acutangula, Corbula acuticostata, Corbula alpina, Corbula alta, Corbula arnoldi, Corbula atlantica, Corbula azzarolae, Corbula betsyae, Corbula birostrata, Corbula blakei, Corbula buckmani, Corbula burnsi, Corbula carinata, Corbula cliffensis, Corbula compressa, Corbula cotuhensis, Corbula daghaniensis, Corbula densata, Corbula diaboli, Corbula diegoana, Corbula ecuabula, Corbula elliptotrigona, Corbula engonata, Corbula evansana, Corbula extenuata, Corbula filosa, Corbula franklini, Corbula ganguararica, Corbula gibbosa, Corbula grandidieri, Corbula gregorioi, Corbula inaequalis, Corbula incurvata, Corbula intastriata, Corbula involuta, Corbula islipensis, Corbula khalidi, Corbula knoxiana, Corbula lacteana, Corbula lyoni, Corbula lyonsi, Corbula lyra, Corbula mekranica, Corbula muricina, Corbula negritensis, Corbula nematophora, Corbula nigeriensis, Corbula obliquata, Corbula oldhami, Corbula onestae, Corbula oniscus, Corbula palliseri, Corbula paracasensis, Corbula paracrassa, Corbula parinasensis, Corbula parsura, Corbula pectinata, Corbula percompressa, Corbula peruviana, Corbula primorsa, Corbula regulbiensis, Corbula rosecanyonensis, Corbula sinuosa, Corbula spectabilis, Corbula sphenia, Corbula sprouli, Corbula stillwaterensis, Corbula striatina, Corbula striatuloides, Corbula subengota, Corbula sublineata, Corbula sulcata, Corbula sulcifera, Corbula taheri, Corbula tenuisulcata, Corbula terramaria, Corbula tomulata, Corbula trigonalis, Corbula tumida, Corbula tunicosulcata, Corbula ursaniensis, Corbula wardii, Corbula waringi, Corbula woodsi, Corbulamella suffalciata, Aloidis scaphoides, Aloidis tunicata, Aloidis cheribonensis
Subtaxa: Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis Corbula (Varicorbula) hatcheri Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici Varicorbula baea Varicorbula bradleyi Varicorbula capayana Varicorbula chipolana Varicorbula disparilis Varicorbula elevata Varicorbula globosa Varicorbula granti Varicorbula hodsoni Varicorbula islatrinitatis Varicorbula krebsiana Varicorbula laqueata Varicorbula minuta Varicorbula operculum Varicorbula vieta Varicorbula zuliana
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (2 collections), Costa Rica (2), France (1), Italy (5), Japan (1), Panama (1), Poland (8), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (9: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (8), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (13), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Austria (12), Belgium (7), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (6), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Germany (54), Iran (1), Italy (7), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (2), Panama (49), Peru (1), Poland (4), Romania (2), Slovakia (5), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (49: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Belgium (4), Denmark (7), France (21), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (43: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Colombia (1), France (7), Mexico (3), Nigeria (3), Panama (1), Spain (35), the United Kingdom (9), United States (3: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Germany (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), Japan (7), United States (2: Alabama, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of Japan (5), Poland (1)
Total: 488 collections including 489 occurrences