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Corbiculoidea

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Taxonomy
Corbiculoidea was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Coan et al. (2000), Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Corbiculacea Gray
1847Corbiculoidea Gray
1980Corbiculacea Vokes p. 162
1987Corbiculacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2000Corbiculoidea Coan et al. pp. 258, 259
2009Corbiculoidea Nevesskaja

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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
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847

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.

Superfm. Corbiculoidea Gray 1847
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Invalid names: Corbiculacea Gray 1847 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).superf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:35
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:45:35
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma

Collections (447 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Corbiculidae indet. (89149)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34185)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Yukon) Corbicula sp. (34240)
Hettangian - Aalenian201.4 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34184)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13787)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) Corbicula sp. (34178 34179 34238)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34232)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Eocallista sp. (220499)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Eocallista antiopa (36552)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96193)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Eocallista antiopa (96147 96150)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96166 96168 96189)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Eocallista antiopa (96146 96159) Eocallista antiopoa (96170)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96180)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (31075)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Eocallista krenkeli (92996 92997)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Eocallista krenkeli (2567 2589 2601 2603 2605 2609 2610)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5New Zealand Eocallista sp. (56241 56273)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13585 13586 13590 13613 13660 13677)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13688)