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Corbicula

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Corbicula was named by Megerle (1811) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cyrena (Corbicula) by Clark (1915), Hassan (1953); it was reranked as Cyrene (Corbicula) by Clark and Arnold (1923).

It was assigned to Cyrene by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Cyrenidae by Durham (1944); to Cyrena by Clark (1915), Hassan (1953); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Corbiculinae by Matsubara et al. (2010); and to Corbiculidae by Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Squires (1999), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
C. (Corbicula), C. (Corbiculella), C. (Corbiculina), C. (Cyanocyclas), C. (Donacopsis), C. (Leptesthes), C. (Loxoptychodon), C. (Paracorbicula), C. (Tellinocyclas), C. arnoldi, C. astartoides, C. brevidens, C. britannica, C. carlosensis, C. consobrina, C. cowlitzensis (syn. C. eufaulaensis), C. dowlingi, C. gerthi, C. ingens, C. jestesi, C. kettlemanensis, C. oldroydi, C. olequahensis, C. oregonensis, C. pugetensis, C. serrodentata, C. sookensis, C. williamsoni, C. willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. africana, C. arkansensis, C. bibaiensis, C. bisecta, C. bitruncata, C. callista, C. cojitamboensis, C. compacta, C. concinna, C. cornelliana, C. corneti, C. densata, C. etolonensis, C. fluminalis, C. gravesi, C. hukayai, C. japonica, C. japonica, C. kamtschatica, C. kamtschatica, C. kotakai, C. krishtofovichae, C. latonaeformis, C. lautenschlaegeri, C. matschiensis, C. mgatschensis, C. muratai, C. nagaoi, C. obovata, C. occidentalis, C. pehuenchensis, C. penjinskensis, C. rustica, C. sakakibarai, C. sakakibarai, C. secunda, C. sirena, C. sitakaraensis, C. sitakaraensis, C. snatolensis, C. stelzneri, C. tangica, C. texana, C. tokudai, C. tokudai, C. tokudoi, C. triangula, C. trigonalis, C. ueji, C. vara, C. wajampolkensis, C. zhidkovae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Corbicula Megerle
1915Cyrena (Corbicula) Clark p. 459
1923Cyrene (Corbicula) Clark and Arnold p. 148
1935Corbicula Oostingh p. 168
1938Corbicula Turner p. 48
1944Corbicula Durham p. 143
1953Cyrena (Corbicula) Hassan p. 20
1977Corbicula Adegoke p. 279
1980Corbicula Vokes p. 162
1987Corbicula Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1998Corbicula Lamprell and Healy p. 182
1999Corbicula Squires p. 21
2002Corbicula Sepkoski
2010Corbicula Bouchet et al.
2010Corbicula Matsubara et al. p. 133

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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
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusCorbiculaMegerle 1811

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.

G. Corbicula Megerle 1811
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Subg. Corbicula (Corbicula) Megerle 1811
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†Corbicula (Corbicula) uejii Matsubara et al. 2010
Subg. †Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall 1903
†Corbicula arnoldi Clark 1938
†Corbicula astartoides Dailey and Popenoe 1966
†Corbicula brevidens White 1889
†Corbicula britannica Wood 1877
†Corbicula carlosensis Vokes 1939
Corbicula consobrina Adams and Adams 1857
†Corbicula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
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Invalid names: Corbicula eufaulaensis Weaver 1912 [synonym]
†Corbicula dowlingi McLearn 1926
†Corbicula gerthi Oostingh 1935
†Corbicula ingens Hislop 1859
†Corbicula jestesi Squires 1999
†Corbicula kettlemanensis Arnold 1909
†Corbicula oldroydi Clark 1938
†Corbicula olequahensis Weaver 1912
†Corbicula oregonensis Turner 1938
†Corbicula pugetensis White 1889
†Corbicula serrodentata Adegoke 1977
†Corbicula sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Corbicula williamsoni Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Corbicula willisi White 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Holocene or 201.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.5 Ma

Collections (229 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (34240)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (34185)
Hettangian - Aalenian201.4 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (34184)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (34232)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (34178 34179 34238)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Chile (Ovalle) C. sp. (222430)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0New Zealand C. sp. (37315)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Arkansas) C. arkansensis (52179)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Idaho) C. sp. (184620)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) C. dowlingi (87568)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) C. concinna (61620 220133)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) C. occidentalis (87455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) C. astartoides (1511 1512 1519 1520 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1530 1532 1534 1535 1536 1537 1539 1540 1541 1544 1546 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) C. occidentalis (87453)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand C. sp. (37083)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) C. sp. (45491)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) C. astartoides (1529 1542)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) C. astartoides (224893)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (14571)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico C. astartoides (1372)