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Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Taxonomy
Corbula (Caryocorbula) was named by Gardner (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Corbula alabamiensis.
It was reranked as Caryocorbula by da Silva Forti (1969), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Perrilliat (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Squires and Saul (2004), Darragh and Kendrick (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Corbula by Mansfield (1940), Jung (1965), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Squires (1999); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Corbulinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988), Squires and Saul (2004); to Corbulidae by da Silva Forti (1969), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Darragh and Kendrick (2008); and to Caryocorbulinae by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Caryocorbula by da Silva Forti (1969), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Perrilliat (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Squires and Saul (2004), Darragh and Kendrick (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Corbula by Mansfield (1940), Jung (1965), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Squires (1999); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Corbulinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988), Squires and Saul (2004); to Corbulidae by da Silva Forti (1969), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Darragh and Kendrick (2008); and to Caryocorbulinae by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992), Bouchet et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni, Corbula (Caryocorbula) nuciformis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella, Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea (syn. Corbula (Cuneocorbula) caimitica, Corbula (Cuneocorbula) cercadica), Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitei
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 helanae, Caryocorbula helenae, Caryocorbula inaqualis, Caryocorbula kaiparaensis, Caryocorbula kennedyi, Caryocorbula koeneni, Caryocorbula lavalleana, Caryocorbula lavelleana, Caryocorbula leonensis, 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, Corbula acutata, Corbula acuticosta, Corbula agricolae, Corbula agricolae, Corbula alata, Corbula amniculana, Corbula anteniae, Corbula arnouldi, Corbula arrecta, Corbula asaharbitensis, Corbula augustae, Corbula aulacophora, Corbula azucar, Corbula balongensis, Corbula baltica, Corbula barrattiana, Corbula beisseli, Corbula binghami, Corbula bodenbenderi, Corbula bonneti, Corbula brabantica, Corbula brabantina, Corbula bruscasensis, Corbula burnsii, Corbula cala, Corbula cappa, Corbula cappa, Corbula carinata, Corbula carli, Corbula carlotae, Corbula chordata, Corbula chordata, Corbula cicer, Corbula cicer, Corbula collazica, Corbula coloradoensis, Corbula complanata, Corbula concha, Corbula conradi, Corbula cordasensis, Corbula costata, Corbula crassiplicata, Corbula cribaria, Corbula cuspidata, Corbula delgada, Corbula delgada, Corbula democraciana, Corbula dentonensis, Corbula didimtuensis, Corbula eamesi, Corbula edwardsi, Corbula elegans, Corbula elegantula, Corbula emacerata, Corbula enspidata, Corbula erythrodon, Corbula exarata, Corbula fabiformis, Corbula fabiformis, Corbula fenti, Corbula flandrica, Corbula foulkei, Corbula fragilis, Corbula franci, Corbula funiakensis, Corbula gerardi, Corbula gibba, Corbula gibba, Corbula gibba, Corbula giga, Corbula giga, Corbula greywaczi, Corbula harpaeformis, Corbula helmerseni, Corbula horni, Corbula hourcqi, Corbula hulliana, Corbula ima, Corbula imamurae, Corbula imperfecta, Corbula inaequalis, Corbula inflata, Corbula inflexa, Corbula javana, Corbula juliana, Corbula kaghriana, Corbula kailtaensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kennedyi, Corbula kidugalloensis, Corbula koeneni, Corbula lacteaa, Corbula lamarcki, Corbula lamarckii, Corbula lamellata, Corbula laterugata, Corbula lavalleana, Corbula lefevrei, Corbula lefevrei, Corbula linteroidea, Corbula longirostrum, Corbula ludovicae, Corbula lunica, Corbula mactriformis, Corbula magharensis, Corbula mandawaensis, Corbula manleyi duplex, Corbula manleyi, Corbula matsumotoi, Corbula milium, Corbula milium, Corbula mimosa, Corbula mimosa, Corbula monilis, Corbula montensis, Corbula morrisi, Corbula munda, Corbula muschketowi, Corbula nasutoides, Corbula nematophhora, Corbula nucleata, Corbula nucleata, Corbula nucleus, Corbula nyalindungensis, Corbula olssoni, Corbula operculata, Corbula pachymorpha, Corbula palaegialus, Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula patagonica, Corbula patagonica, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pectorosa, Corbula perangulata, Corbula perundata, Corbula peyrehoradensis, Corbula pindiroensis, Corbula pisum, Corbula plicata, Corbula polita, Corbula ponsana, Corbula praeexarata, Corbula prenuncia, Corbula prenuncia, Corbula problematica, Corbula propinqua, Corbula propinqua, Corbula pulvinata, Corbula puntagordensis, Corbula pyriformis, Corbula querida, Corbula querida, Corbula revoluta, Corbula revoluta, Corbula rockensis, Corbula rostralis, Corbula rotalis, Corbula rufaripa, Corbula rugosella, Corbula rugulosa, Corbula sarda, Corbula sarda, Corbula semenoides, Corbula semenoides, Corbula seminella, Corbula semitorta, Corbula senecta, Corbula smolanensis, Corbula solidula, Corbula starana, Corbula stolata, Corbula straulata, Corbula subaequivalvis, Corbula subcompressa, Corbula subgibbosa, Corbula sublaevis, Corbula subradiata texana, Corbula subradiata, Corbula subrevoluta, Corbula subtrigonalis, Corbula sulculosa, Corbula swedesboroensis, Corbula taitensis, Corbula tanganyicensis, Corbula terquemi, Corbula torta, Corbula trigona, Corbula truncata, Corbula tuma, Corbula tunisulcata, Corbula valdensis, Corbula valdensis, Corbula vectensis, Corbula vera, Corbula vertumni, Corbula vertumni, Corbula vimnea, Corbula vokesi, Corbula wailesiana, Corbula wakullensis, Corbula waltonensis, Corbula waltonensis, Corbula williardi, Corbula woodi
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-19; modified by M. Uhen on 2025-06-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner |
| 1940 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Mansfield p. 200 |
| 1965 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Jung p. 475 |
| 1969 | Caryocorbula da Silva Forti p. 95 |
| 1976 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Givens and Kennedy p. 974 |
| 1980 | Caryocorbula Vokes p. 182 |
| 1982 | Caryocorbula Woodring p. 710 |
| 1984 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 53 |
| 1987 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 70 |
| 1987 | Caryocorbula Ward and Blackwelder p. 131 |
| 1988 | Caryocorbula Freneix et al. p. 432 |
| 1988 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 19 |
| 1992 | Caryocorbula Perrilliat p. 19 |
| 1999 | Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 28 |
| 2002 | Caryocorbula Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Caryocorbula Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092 |
| 2004 | Caryocorbula Squires and Saul pp. 108-110 |
| 2008 | Caryocorbula Darragh and Kendrick p. 228 |
| 2010 | Caryocorbula Bouchet et al. |
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Subg. Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926
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†Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Corbula (Caryocorbula) nuciformis Sowerby 1833
Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella Dall 1916
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea Dall 1898
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Invalid names: Corbula (Cuneocorbula) caimitica Maury 1917 [synonym], Corbula (Cuneocorbula) cercadica Maury 1917 [synonym]
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis Mansfield 1940
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitei Richards 1945
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004 | Shell small to moderate, subquadrate to elongate ovate, inequilateral, right valve slightly larger and deeper than left. Posterior slope acutely set off by radial keel. Valves usually pointed (tapered) posteriorly. Umbones not inflated, nor set off by growth stages; beaks slightly prosogyrate. Lunule and escutcheon absent. Sculpture of weak to moderately strong commarginal ribs, similar on both valves; radial threads possibly present. Left-valve hinge with chondrophore and (posteriorly) adjoining deep pit. Chondrophore moderately broad, somewhat projecting and flattish, and bearing median ridge. Right-valve hinge with single, large triangular cardinal tooth (upcurved at tip) and adjoining deep, broad pit. Adductor scars prominent. Pallial sinus simple, short, nearly vertical, and shallow to absent (Yokes, 1945; Stenzel et al., 1957; Keen, 1969; Coan et al., 2000; Coan, 2002). |
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Gelasian or 66.00000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (200 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Corbula coloradoensis (91778 91893 98701) Corbula kennedyi (91854 98820 98822 108780) Corbula kennedyi, Corbula coloradoensis (91832) Corbula kennedyi, Corbula sp. C (99010) Corbula sp. D (99052) Corbula sp. E (91812) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Texas) | Corbula coloradoensis (98707 98733 98739 98860 99071) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | USA (Louisiana) | Corbula sp. (52191) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Louisiana) | Corbula cappa (101126) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (199851) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (111552 111554) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (122656 177611 178718 178749 178752 193548 207323) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Washington) | Corbula dickersoni (5544 146900) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | Corbula dickersoni (52305) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Corbula cappa (91845 91848) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Louisiana) | Corbula cappa (98925 98926) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (83757 83758 83801 83804 83805 89849 92642 92783) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (8011 8016 8018 200144) | |
| Ypresian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Corbula sp. A (99057 99073) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (16712 200845 201693 202094 207148 207152 207178 207183) Corbula sp. (214593) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Mississippi) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2414 2415) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Corbula alabamiensis (205356) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (81224 81253) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2413) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Corbula dickersoni (191188) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Corbula dickersoni (52204 203164 207129) | |
| Bartonian | Colombia | Corbula alabamiensis (88278) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Georgia) | Corbula alabamiensis (90640) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Corbula alabamiensis (91118 92308 92355 92378 92485 92489 92492) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2434 2449) Corbula alabamiensis (90707 90708 90709) | |
| Bartonian | Colombia (Bolivar) | Corbula carmenensis (3312) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 5311 5312 5316 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 6788 81266 81275 81278 81279 81282) Corbula alabamiensis (90600 98359) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Corbula alabamiensis (91797 91814 91838 99035) Corbula augustae (91810) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia (Bolivar) | Corbula alabamiensis (3315) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia (Sucre) | Corbula alabamiensis (42840) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Essonne) | Corbula subaequivalvis (9180) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Corbula taylorensis (169205 205617) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene | Haiti | Corbula caimitica (173459) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | Corbula kaghriana (61111) Corbula kaghriana, Corbula burnsii (60985) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Maranhao) | Corbula querida (112596 112597) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Corbula agricolae, Corbula giga, Corbula vertumni (112582) Corbula arrecta, Corbula chordata, Corbula delgada, Corbula giga, Corbula mimosa, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula querida (65162) Corbula delgada, Corbula mimosa, Corbula querida (112590) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Peru | Corbula fabiformis (66141) Corbula propinqua (66177) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Corbula anteniae, Corbula semenoides (41760) Corbula sarda (42367) Corbula sarda, Corbula franci (42443) Corbula semenoides (42250 42281 42290 42328) Corbula seminella (42482 42605 42657 42663 42678 42684 42685) Corbula wakullensis (42424) | |
| Burdigalian | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (74962) | |
| Langhian | Bulgaria | Corbula revoluta (60288) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | Corbula delgada, Corbula mimosa, Corbula querida (58454) | |
| Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | Corbula cercadica (124722) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | Corbula revoluta (60289) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Corbula cala, Corbula parawhitfieldi (94810) Corbula parawhitfieldi (43046) Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula seminella (42692 42870 42886 43011 43014 43031 43032 43036 43047) Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula seminella, Corbula funiakensis (43023 43024) Corbula seminella (42813 42872 42884 42888 43022) Corbula seminella, Corbula funiakensis (43021) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (74912) Corbula cercadica (58817) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Corbula democraciana (61040) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (74914 74915) Corbula caimitica (58867) Corbula cercadica (58875) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Corbula sp. (81976) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (75042) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (74966 74967 74971 75036 75037) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Caryocorbula sericea (74968) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Caryocorbula porcella (214273) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Corbula sericea (58522 69094 131915) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | Corbula lavalleana (134767 134768) Corbula lavalleana, Corbula olssoni (134769) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Corbula nucleata (94809) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Carabobo) | Corbula lavalleana (41540) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica | Corbula sericea (96519) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Corbula nuciformis, Corbula porcella (48664) |