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Caestocorbulinae

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy

Caestocorbulinae was named by Vokes (1945) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9275].

It was assigned to Corbulidae by Vokes (1980), Squires and Saul (2004), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Caestocorbula, Parmicorbula

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1945	Caestocorbulinae Vokes
1980	Caestocorbulinae Vokes p. 182
2004	Caestocorbulinae Squires and Saul p. 120
2010	Caestocorbulinae Bouchet et al.
2011	Caestocorbulinae Carter et al. p. 18

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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
subfamily	Caestocorbulinae	Vokes 1945

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.

Subfm. †Caestocorbulinae Vokes 1945

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G. †Caestocorbula Vincent 1910

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Subg. †Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula)

Subg. Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula) Vincent 1910

†Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910

†Caestocorbula allisoni Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula angustata Sowerby 1832

†Caestocorbula attina Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula aura Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula cavus Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula clarendonensis Wrigley 1925

†Caestocorbula crassiplica Gabb 1860

†Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860

†Caestocorbula fossata

†Caestocorbula gigantica Roy and Mukherjee 2017

†Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015

†Caestocorbula henckeliusiana Nyst 1836

†Caestocorbula kubera Kendrick and Vartak 2007

†Caestocorbula murchisonii Lea 1833

†Caestocorbula subtumida Nagao 1928

Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) subtumida Nagao 1928 [synonym]

†Caestocorbula twiningi Glibert and van de Poel 1966

†Caestocorbula wailesiana

†Corbula murchisoni fossata Meyer and Aldrich 1886

G. †Parmicorbula Vokes 1944

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†Parmicorbula gibbosa Lea 1833

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 14:13:13

Modified:

2009-09-09 16:13:13

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 155.70000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma

Collections (507 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Portugal	Caestocorbula sp. (67958)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Portugal	Caestocorbula sp. (67904 67909 67933 67937 67942 67943 67951)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Portugal	Caestocorbula sp. (67939 67952 67953)
Berriasian	145.0 - 139.8	Japan	Caestocorbula morinoi (116560 116562)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Japan	Caestocorbula minima, Caestocorbula shikamai (69057)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	United Kingdom (England)	Parmicorbula striata (1835) Parmicorbula striatula (1745 1764 1777 1778 1780 1851)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	United Kingdom (England)	Parmicorbula striatula (162252 162290)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	United Kingdom (England)	Parmicorbula striatula (235315)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Lebanon	Caestocorbula olivae, Caestocorbula semina, Parmicorbula nearoides, Parmicorbula aequilineata (69180)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	Caestocorbula sp. (2120 2122) Parmicorbula corneliana, Parmicorbula numerosa, Parmicorbula vokesi (6604) Parmicorbula hillensis (6467 6469) Parmicorbula numerosa, Parmicorbula vokesi (4648) Parmicorbula rupana (6486 6646) Parmicorbula sinuosa, Parmicorbula vokesi (4657) Parmicorbula sinuosa, Parmicorbula vokesi, Parmicorbula rupana (4638) Parmicorbula vokesi (4639 4641 4647 4651 4655 4656 4659 6572 6576 6614 6630 6636)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Oregon)	Caestocorbula attina (220371)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	India	Caestocorbula kubera (228245)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Utah)	Parmicorbula sp. (44164)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	India	Caestocorbula kubera (228244)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Texas)	Parmicorbula vokesi (4644 6634)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Caestocorbula attina (69615 220381) Caestocorbula aura (69616)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Arizona)	Parmicorbula sp. (53504)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Gabon	Parmicorbula incurvata (3819)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Congo-Kinshasa	Parmicorbula incurvata (3822)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Belgium (Namur)	Caestocorbula angustata (51518)