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Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula porcella was named by Dall (1916). It is extant.

It was recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella by Keen (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Caryocorbula alabamensis, Caryocorbula auroraensis, Caryocorbula broggii, Caryocorbula cala, Caryocorbula cappa, Caryocorbula chilensis, Caryocorbula cocconi, Caryocorbula coloradoensis, Caryocorbula deshayesii, Caryocorbula dolicha, Caryocorbula funiakensis, Caryocorbula inaqualis, Caryocorbula kaiparaensis, Caryocorbula kennedyi, Caryocorbula koeneni, Caryocorbula lavalleana, Caryocorbula lavelleana, Caryocorbula leonensis, Caryocorbula louristana, Caryocorbula marquezensis, Caryocorbula monmouthensis, Caryocorbula montegrandensis, Caryocorbula montensis, Caryocorbula nematophora, Caryocorbula ovisana, Caryocorbula oxynema, Caryocorbula parawhitfieldi, Caryocorbula plicata, Caryocorbula praefigura, Caryocorbula prenasuta, Caryocorbula prima, Caryocorbula pulchella, Caryocorbula pyxidata, Caryocorbula seminella, Caryocorbula stena, Caryocorbula subaequivalis, Caryocorbula sublineata, Caryocorbula tophina, Caryocorbula tradingensis, Caryocorbula varia, Caryocorbula veatchi, Caryocorbula veatci, Caryocorbula waihaoensis, Caryocorbula whitfieldi, Caryocorbula zelandica, Caryocorbula helanae, Caryocorbula helenae, Caryocorbula leonensis, 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. gibba, C. gibba, 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. 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. gibba, C. lefevrei, C. pachymorpha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Corbula porcella Dall
1971Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella Keen p. 266

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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
subgenusCaryocorbulaGardner 1926
speciesporcella(Dall 1916)

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: 2004-02-29 15:55:37
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Caryocorbula porcella (214273)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Corbula porcella (48664)