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Caestocorbula gujaratensis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy

Caestocorbula gujaratensis was named by Halder and Bano (2015). Its type specimen is PG/Cb 134, a shell (Shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harudi, north 2, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Harudi Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. anceps, C. costata, C. dakhelensis, C. ficus, C. gandavensis, C. lyra, C. minima, C. morinoi, C. murchisoni, C. olivae, C. parsura, C. praeviator, C. regulbiensis, C. semina, C. shikamai, C. so, C. suffalciata, C. torta, C. wailsiana, C. willardi, C. williardi, C. percompressa, C. suffalciata, C. terramaria, C. wensuensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2015	Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano pp. 2022-2025 fig. 3
2017	Caestocorbula gujaratensis Roy and Mukherjee

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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
subfamily	Caestocorbulinae	Vokes 1945
genus	Caestocorbula	Vincent 1910
species	gujaratensis

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 gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. Halder and S. Bano 2015	Large, strongly inequivalved; right valve larger,more convex and more rostrate than left valve; hinge of rightvalve bears a short blunt cardinal tooth, in left valve a nearlyhorizontal chondrophore posterior to cardinal socket; veryshallow pallial sinus; surface of both valves with prominent commarginal ribs—in left valve closer and finer than in right,left valve also bears some blunt faint radial ridges.

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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian	59.24 - 48.07	India (Kutch)	Caestocorbula gujaratensis (210772)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	India (Gujarat)	Caestocorbula gujaratensis (236215)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	India (Kutch)	Caestocorbula gujaratensis (type locality: 210759 210767 210769 210770)