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Corbiculidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Corbiculidae Gray
1977Corbiculidae Adegoke p. 279
1980Corbiculidae Vokes p. 162
1987Corbiculidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1999Corbiculidae Squires p. 21
2000Corbiculidae Coan et al. p. 259
2009Corbiculidae 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
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 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.

Fm. Corbiculidae Gray 1847
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G. †Acyrena
G. †Baidunoconcha Gu 1999
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G. Batissa Gray 1853
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Batissa crawfurdi Noetling 1895
Batissa dubia White 1889
Batissa kodungensis Noetling 1901
Batissa newberryi White 1889
G. Corbicula Megerle 1811
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Subg. Corbicula (Corbicula) Megerle 1811
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Corbicula (Corbicula) uejii Matsubara et al. 2010
Subg. †Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall 1903
Corbicula arnoldi Clark 1938
Corbicula astartoides Dailey and Popenoe 1966
Corbicula brevidens White 1889
Corbicula britannica Wood 1877
Corbicula carlosensis Vokes 1939
Corbicula consobrina Adams and Adams 1857
Corbicula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
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Invalid names: Corbicula eufaulaensis Weaver 1912 [synonym]
Corbicula dowlingi McLearn 1926
Corbicula gerthi Oostingh 1935
Corbicula ingens Hislop 1859
Corbicula jestesi Squires 1999
Corbicula kettlemanensis Arnold 1909
Corbicula oldroydi Clark 1938
Corbicula olequahensis Weaver 1912
Corbicula oregonensis Turner 1938
Corbicula pugetensis White 1889
Corbicula serrodentata Adegoke 1977
Corbicula sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Corbicula williamsoni Anderson and Hanna 1925
Corbicula willisi White 1889
G. †Corbiculina Dall 1903
G. Cyrenodonax Dall 1903
G. †Cyrenorita Janssen 1981
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Cyrenorita neglecta Nsyt 1836
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Invalid names: Cyrena heterodonta Deshayes 1857 [synonym]
G. †Dentonia Stephenson 1953
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Dentonia leveretti Cragin 1893
G. †Ditypodon
G. †Eocallista Douvillé 1921
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Subg. †Eocallista (Eocallista) Douville 1921
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Eocallista antiopa d'Orbigny 1850
Eocallista austrofilia Gardner 2005
Eocallista krenkeli Cox 1935
Eocallista pulchella Loriol and Pellat 1868
G. †Filosina
G. †Fulpia Stephenson 1946
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Fulpia wicomicoensis Richards 1945
G. †Fulpioides Gu and Yu 1976
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Fulpioides orientalis Gu and Yu 1976
G. †Nemetia
G. †Neocorbicula Fischer 1887
G. †Pharodina Stephenson 1953
G. Polymesoda Rafinesque 1828
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Subg. Polymesoda (Geloina) Gray 1840
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Geloina hashimoto Kanno 1978
Polymesoda bravoensis Olsson 1931
Polymesoda compressa Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1835
Polymesoda dumblei Anderson 1905
Polymesoda falconensis Hodson 1931
Polymesoda gabbiana Henderson 1920
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Invalid names: Corbicula californica Gabb 1866 [synonym]
Polymesoda subarata Bronn 1837
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Invalid names: Corbicula semistriata Deshayes 1831 [synonym]
Polymesoda subarata convexa Brongniart 1822
Polymesoda trigalensis Olsson 1931
G. †Sogamosa
G. †Tetoria
G. †Veloritina Meek 1872
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Veloritina matsumotoi Tamura 1977
Invalid names: Corbiculinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-05 10:15:18
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:45:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

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 (446 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 (Yukon) Corbicula sp. (34240)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34185)
Hettangian - Aalenian201.4 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34184)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13787)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Eocallista sp. (220499)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Corbicula sp. (34232)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) Corbicula sp. (34178 34179 34238)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Eocallista antiopa (36552)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Eocallista antiopa (96147 96150)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96193)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96166 96168 96189)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Eocallista antiopa (96180)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Eocallista antiopa (96146 96159) Eocallista antiopoa (96170)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Eocallista krenkeli (2567 2589 2601 2603 2605 2609 2610)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Eocallista krenkeli (92996 92997)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (31075)
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)