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Caryocorbula engonatoides

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides was named by Gardner (1927) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Caryocorbula engonatoides by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alabamensis, C. auroraensis, C. broggii, C. cala, C. cappa, C. chilensis, C. cocconi, C. coloradoensis, C. deshayesii, C. dolicha, C. funiakensis, C. inaqualis, C. kaiparaensis, C. kennedyi, C. koeneni, C. lavalleana, C. lavelleana, C. leonensis, C. louristana, C. marquezensis, C. monmouthensis, C. montegrandensis, C. montensis, C. nematophora, C. ovisana, C. oxynema, C. parawhitfieldi, C. plicata, C. praefigura, C. prenasuta, C. prima, C. pulchella, C. pyxidata, C. seminella, C. stena, C. subaequivalis, C. sublineata, C. tophina, C. tradingensis, C. varia, C. veatchi, C. veatci, C. waihaoensis, C. whitfieldi, C. zelandica, C. helanae, C. helenae, C. leonensis, Corbula agricolae, Corbula anteniae, Corbula arrecta, Corbula augustae, Corbula barrattiana, Corbula burnsii, Corbula cala, Corbula cappa, Corbula chordata, Corbula coloradoensis, Corbula conradi, Corbula delgada, Corbula democraciana, Corbula fabiformis, Corbula franci, Corbula funiakensis, Corbula giga, Corbula kaghriana, Corbula kennedyi, Corbula lavalleana, Corbula mimosa, Corbula nucleata, Corbula nucleata, Corbula olssoni, Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula propinqua, Corbula querida, Corbula revoluta, Corbula rugulosa, Corbula sarda, Corbula semenoides, Corbula semenoides, Corbula seminella, Corbula subaequivalvis, Corbula vertumni, Corbula wakullensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-06-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides Gardner p. 375 figs. figs. 30, 31
1965Caryocorbula engonatoides Palmer and Brann p. 77

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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
genusCaryocorbula(Gardner 1926)
speciesengonatoides(Gardner 1927)

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.

†Caryocorbula engonatoides Gardner 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:11:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:52
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Corbula engonatoides (99345)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Caryocorbula engonatoides (205421 205496 205532 205544) Corbula engonatoides (90455)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Corbula engonatoides (90709)