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Corbula densata

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula densata was named by Conrad (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6645; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Caryocorbula densata by Palmer and Brann (1965), CoBabe and Allmon (1994).

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. Kosnik on 2002-12-13; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-04-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Corbula densata Conrad p. 289
1856Corbula densata Conrad p. 258
1965Caryocorbula densata Palmer and Brann p. 76
1994Caryocorbula densata CoBabe and Allmon
2002Corbula densata Kosnik

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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
speciesdensata

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 densata Conrad 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available