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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Tellina gibba was named by Oliva (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Corbula gibba by Bongo (1914); it was recombined as Varicorbula gibba by Woodring (1982), Freneix et al. (1988), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003); it was recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba by Marasti (1973), Moths et al. (2010).

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. 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. 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. lefevrei, C. pachymorpha, Varicorbula amekiensis, Varicorbula brabantina, Varicorbula caloosae, Varicorbula cretaustrina, Varicorbula disimillis, Varicorbula heterogena, Varicorbula lefevrei, Varicorbula puntagordensis, Varicorbula wemmelensis, Varicorbula yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Tellina gibba Oliva
1914Corbula gibba Bongo p. 482
1973Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Marasti p. 111
1982Varicorbula gibba Woodring p. 715
1988Varicorbula gibba Freneix et al. p. 438
2003Varicorbula gibba Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092
2010Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Moths et al. p. 14

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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
subgenusVaricorbula(Grant and Gale 1931)
speciesgibba(Oliva 1792)

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: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:15:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:15:02
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (178 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Corbula gibba (78567)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Corbula gibba (9067 9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9128 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9174) Corbula subpisum (9130)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Corbula gibba (111366 111367 111368)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Varicorbula subpisum (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Denmark Corbula gibba (111476)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) Corbula gibba (9129 9270)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jylland) Corbula gibba (9170)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark Corbula gibba (111472 111474 111475) Varicorbula gibba (234515)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Corbula gibba (8211)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Austria Corbula gibba (77737)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jutland) Corbula gibba (9176)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Corbula gibba (8338 41532 41533)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Germany Corbula gibba (171410)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Corbula gibba (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Corbula gibba (180341)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Corbula gibba (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Corbula gibba (62899 62903 62929 62931 62932 62933 62934 62935 62936 62938 62939 62940 62941 62944 62952 62953 62954 62957 62958 62959 62960 62961 62964)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Corbula gibba (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Corbula gibba (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Pordenone) Corbula gibba (37362)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Corbula gibba (60288 60289 60291 60292 60312 60313)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Iran Corbula gibba (77195)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Corbula gibba (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62879 62880 62881 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62891 62892 62893 62895)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Austria (Vienna) Corbula gibba (174159 174160)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Corbula gibba (51688 51690 51691)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Corbula gibba (74647 74648 74649 74650 74651 74652 74653 74654 74656)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Corbula gibba (73135 73139 73142 145914)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Corbula gibba (51687)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Corbula gibba (86875 86908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia Corbula gibba (89152)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Corbula gibba (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Corbula gibba (78437)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Corbula gibba (98312)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Corbula gibba (37366 37368)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Corbula gibba (71883)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Morocco Corbula gibba (173160 173163 173164 173166 173167)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Varicorbula gibba (69788)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Corbula gibba (207784) Varicorbula gibba (168730)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Corbula gibba (78335 78336 78337 78338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Corbula gibba (55827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Corbula gibba (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Corbula gibba (76982 80674)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Corbula gibba (59003)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Corbula gibba (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Pisa) Corbula gibba (88328)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Corbula gibba (178117)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Umbria) Corbula gibba (200419)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Corbula gibba (86807 86808)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Corbula gibba (97964 97965 97968 98108 98109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Corbula gibba (173663)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Corbula gibba (77008)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Corbula gibba (149603 200420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Corbula gibba (64001 64027 64028 64029 64031 64032 64033 64126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Türkiye Corbula gibba (78332 78333)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Corbula gibba (56806)