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Corbula atlantica

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula atlantica was named by Furon (1948). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acutata, C. acuticosta, C. agricolae, C. alata, C. amniculana, C. arnouldi, C. asaharbitensis, C. balongensis, C. baltica, C. beisseli, C. binghami, C. bodenbenderi, C. bonneti, C. brabantica, C. brabantina, C. cappa, C. chordata, C. cicer, C. collazica, C. complanata, C. concha, C. cordasensis, C. costata, C. crassiplicata, C. cribaria, C. cuspidata, C. delgada, C. dentonensis, C. didimtuensis, C. eamesi, C. edwardsi, C. elegans, C. elegantula, C. emacerata, C. enspidata, C. erythrodon, C. exarata, C. fenti, C. flandrica, C. foulkei, C. gerardi, C. gibba, C. gibba, C. giga, C. greywaczi, C. harpaeformis, C. helmerseni, C. horni, C. hourcqi, C. hulliana, C. ima, C. imamurae, C. imperfecta, C. inaequalis, C. inflata, C. inflexa, C. javana, C. juliana, C. kailtaensis, C. kanabensis, C. kanabensis, C. kidugalloensis, C. koeneni, C. lacteaa, C. lamarcki, C. lamarckii, C. lamellata, C. laterugata, C. lefevrei, C. linteroidea, C. longirostrum, C. ludovicae, C. mactriformis, C. magharensis, C. mandawaensis, C. manleyi, C. manleyi duplex, C. milium, C. mimosa, C. monilis, C. montensis, C. morrisi, C. munda, C. muschketowi, C. nasutoides, C. nematophhora, C. nucleus, C. operculata, C. palaegialus, C. patagonica, C. patagonica, C. pauciornata, C. pectorosa, C. perangulata, C. perundata, C. pindiroensis, C. pisum, C. plicata, C. polita, C. ponsana, C. prenuncia, C. problematica, C. pulvinata, C. pyriformis, C. querida, C. revoluta, C. rockensis, C. rostralis, C. rotalis, C. rufaripa, C. rugosella, C. sarda, C. semitorta, C. senecta, C. smolanensis, C. solidula, C. starana, C. straulata, C. subcompressa, C. subgibbosa, C. sublaevis, C. subradiata, C. subradiata texana, C. subrevoluta, C. subtrigonalis, C. sulculosa, C. swedesboroensis, C. taitensis, C. tanganyicensis, C. terquemi, C. torta, C. trigona, C. truncata, C. tuma, C. tunisulcata, C. valdensis, C. vectensis, C. vera, C. vertumni, C. wailesiana, C. williardi, C. woodi, C. milium, C. prenuncia, C. peyrehoradensis, C. lunica, C. praeexarata, C. vimnea, C. carli, C. agricolae, C. anteniae, C. arrecta, C. augustae, C. barrattiana, C. burnsii, C. cala, C. cappa, C. chordata, C. coloradoensis, C. conradi, C. delgada, C. democraciana, C. fabiformis, C. franci, C. funiakensis, C. giga, C. kaghriana, C. kennedyi, C. lavalleana, C. mimosa, C. nucleata, C. nucleata, C. olssoni, C. parawhitfieldi, C. pauciornata, C. propinqua, C. querida, C. revoluta, C. rugulosa, C. sarda, C. semenoides, C. semenoides, C. seminella, C. subaequivalvis, C. vertumni, C. wakullensis, C. aulacophora, C. carinata, C. cicer, C. nyalindungensis, C. stolata, C. valdensis, C. waltonensis, C. waltonensis, C. fabiformis, C. propinqua, C. matsumotoi, C. carlotae, C. vokesi, C. fragilis, C. bruscasensis, C. puntagordensis, C. azucar, C. gibba, C. lefevrei, C. pachymorpha
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2023-12-15; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-06-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Corbula atlantica Furon p. 98 figs. Pl 8, fig 2
1977Corbula atlantica Adegoke p. 290

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789
speciesatlantica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Corbula atlantica Furon 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available