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Juliacorbula aequivalvis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula aequivalvis was named by Philippi (1836) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Corbula (Juliacorbula) aequivalvis by Weisbord (1964), Jung (1969); it was recombined as Juliacorbula aequivalvis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Corbula aequivalvis Philippi p. 227 fig. 7:4
1964Corbula (Juliacorbula) aequivalvis Weisbord p. 393 figs. 57:3-6
1969Corbula (Juliacorbula) aequivalvis Jung p. 88 fig. 1:5
2008Juliacorbula aequivalvis Hendy et al.

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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
genusJuliacorbulaOlsson 1953
speciesaequivalvis(Philippi 1836)

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: 2009-09-09 14:14:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:14:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Juliacorbula aequivalvis (60634)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Juliacorbula aequivalvis (60409 60410 60412 60413 60414 60415 60416 60417 60650 61297)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Carabobo) Corbula aequivalvis (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Juliacorbula aequivalvis (131210 131217)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Corbula aequivalvis (80304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Corbula aequivalvis (75422)