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Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula taitensis was named by Lamarck (1818) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aloidis taitensis by Beets (1947); it was recombined as Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Anisocorbula ventusta, Anisocorbula venusta, 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. 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Corbula taitensis Lamarck
1947Aloidis taitensis Beets p. 203
2002Corbula taitensis van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 108
2007Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789
subgenusAnisocorbula(Iredale 1930)
speciestaitensis(Lamarck 1818)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 15:55:37
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Corbula taitensis (42311)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (New Guinea) Corbula taitensis (42399)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Corbula taitensis (55373 55376)