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Caestocorbula angustata

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula angustata was named by Sowerby (1832).

It was recombined as Caestocorbula angustata by Malchus et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Corbula angustata Sowerby
1994Caestocorbula angustata Malchus et al.

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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
subfamilyCaestocorbulinaeVokes 1945
genusCaestocorbulaVincent 1910
speciesangustata(Sowerby 1832)

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.

Caestocorbula angustata Sowerby 1832
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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 16:59:50
Modified: 2004-02-29 18:59:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 85.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Caestocorbula angustata (51518)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Corbula angustata (114268)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya Caestocorbula angustata (1370)