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Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula gatunensis was named by Toula (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Corbula (Aloidis) gatunensis by Hodson and Hodson (1931); it was recombined as Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. morrisi, B. heterogena, B. caduca, Corbula vimnea, Hexacorbula hexachyma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Corbula gatunensis Toula
1911Corbula gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 371
1931Corbula (Aloidis) gatunensis Hodson and Hodson p. 27
1982Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis Woodring p. 714
1992Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis Perrilliat p. 20
2003Corbula gatunensis Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092

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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
genusBothrocorbula(Olsson 1932)
subgenusHexacorbula
speciesgatunensis(Toula 1909)

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: stationarysubg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:13:36
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:36
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Bothrocorbula gatunensis (52173)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Bothrocorbula gatunensis (66163 66164 76566)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Bothrocorbula gatunensis (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Hexacorbula gatunensis (92704 136993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Bothrocorbula gatunensis (52174 93144 93145 93146 93147 93148 93149 93160 93164 93170 93176 93177) Corbula gatunensis (82119 82121 82129)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Bothrocorbula gatunensis (145195 145249 145254 145334 145344 145352 145355) Hexacorbula gatunensis (142932)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Bothrocorbula gatunensis (96501 131219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador Bothrocorbula gatunensis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Bothrocorbula gatunensis (96520)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Venezuela Bothrocorbula gatunensis (96485)