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Varicorbula islatrinitatis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy

Corbula (Aloidis) islatrinitatis was named by Maury (1925). Its type specimen is PRI 909, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Notocorbula islatrinitatis by Jung (1969); it was recombined as Varicorbula islatrinitatis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Corbula azucar, Corbula gibba, Corbula lefevrei, Corbula pachymorpha, V. amekiensis, V. brabantina, V. caloosae, V. cretaustrina, V. disimillis, V. heterogena, V. lefevrei, V. puntagordensis, V. wemmelensis, V. yokoyamai

Synonyms

Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana was named by Hodson (1931). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Varicorbula islatrinitatis by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Corbula (Aloidis) islatrinitatis Maury p. 101 figs. pl. 19, figs. 1, 8010
1931	Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana Hodson p. 23 figs. pl. 19, figs. 4, 6-9
1969	Notocorbula islatrinitatis Jung
1982	Varicorbula islatrinitatis Woodring p. 717

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Myoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Corbulidae	Lamarck 1818
genus	Varicorbula	Bruguière 1789
species	islatrinitatis	(Maury 1925)

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.

†Varicorbula islatrinitatis Maury 1925

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Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana Hodson 1931 [synonym]

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 Tortonian to the top of the Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Venezuela	Varicorbula islatrinitatis (130981)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Varicorbula islatrinitatis (93166 93169 93170 93176)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Varicorbula islatrinitatis (145254 145355)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Corbula islatrinitatis (81976) Notocorbula islatrinitatis (60408 60637) Varicorbula islatrinitatis (96514 96515)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Venezuela	Varicorbula islatrinitatis (96485)