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Corbicula britannica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Cyrena britannica Wood p. 11 figs. pl. B, figs. 2a-b
1953Corbicula britannica Hassan p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusCorbiculaMegerle 1811
speciesbritannica(Wood 1877)

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.

Corbicula britannica Wood 1877
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-05 10:15:18
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:45:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Greenland Corbicula britannica (88288 88289)