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Corbula (Varicorbula)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Varicorbula was named by Grant and Gale (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 991]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Corbula (Varicorbula) by Woodring (1938), Dey (1961), Marasti (1973), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Squires (1987), Anderson (1996).

It was assigned to Caryocorbulinae by Woodring (1982); to Corbulinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988), Ward (1992); to Corbula by Woodring (1938), Dey (1961), Marasti (1973), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Squires (1987), Anderson (1996); and to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Corbula acutata, Corbula acuticosta, Corbula agricolae, Corbula agricolae, Corbula alata, Corbula amniculana, Corbula anteniae, Corbula arnouldi, Corbula arrecta, Corbula asaharbitensis, Corbula augustae, Corbula aulacophora, Corbula azucar, Corbula balongensis, Corbula baltica, Corbula barrattiana, Corbula beisseli, Corbula binghami, Corbula bodenbenderi, Corbula bonneti, Corbula brabantica, Corbula brabantina, Corbula bruscasensis, Corbula burnsii, Corbula cala, Corbula cappa, Corbula cappa, Corbula carinata, Corbula carli, Corbula carlotae, Corbula chordata, Corbula chordata, Corbula cicer, Corbula cicer, Corbula collazica, Corbula coloradoensis, Corbula complanata, Corbula concha, Corbula conradi, Corbula cordasensis, Corbula costata, Corbula crassiplicata, Corbula cribaria, Corbula cuspidata, Corbula delgada, Corbula delgada, Corbula democraciana, Corbula dentonensis, Corbula didimtuensis, Corbula eamesi, Corbula edwardsi, Corbula elegans, Corbula elegantula, Corbula emacerata, Corbula enspidata, Corbula erythrodon, Corbula exarata, Corbula fabiformis, Corbula fabiformis, Corbula fenti, Corbula flandrica, Corbula foulkei, Corbula fragilis, Corbula franci, Corbula funiakensis, Corbula gerardi, Corbula gibba, Corbula gibba, Corbula gibba, Corbula giga, Corbula giga, Corbula greywaczi, Corbula harpaeformis, Corbula helmerseni, Corbula horni, Corbula hourcqi, Corbula hulliana, Corbula ima, Corbula imamurae, Corbula imperfecta, Corbula inaequalis, Corbula inflata, Corbula inflexa, Corbula javana, Corbula juliana, Corbula kaghriana, Corbula kailtaensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kennedyi, Corbula kidugalloensis, Corbula koeneni, Corbula lacteaa, Corbula lamarcki, Corbula lamarckii, Corbula lamellata, Corbula laterugata, Corbula lavalleana, Corbula lefevrei, Corbula lefevrei, Corbula linteroidea, Corbula longirostrum, Corbula ludovicae, Corbula lunica, Corbula mactriformis, Corbula magharensis, Corbula mandawaensis, Corbula manleyi duplex, Corbula manleyi, Corbula matsumotoi, Corbula milium, Corbula milium, Corbula mimosa, Corbula mimosa, Corbula monilis, Corbula montensis, Corbula morrisi, Corbula munda, Corbula muschketowi, Corbula nasutoides, Corbula nematophhora, Corbula nucleata, Corbula nucleata, Corbula nucleus, Corbula nyalindungensis, Corbula olssoni, Corbula operculata, Corbula pachymorpha, Corbula palaegialus, Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula patagonica, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pectorosa, Corbula perangulata, Corbula perundata, Corbula peyrehoradensis, Corbula pindiroensis, Corbula pisum, Corbula plicata, Corbula polita, Corbula ponsana, Corbula praeexarata, Corbula prenuncia, Corbula prenuncia, Corbula problematica, Corbula propinqua, Corbula propinqua, Corbula pulvinata, Corbula puntagordensis, Corbula pyriformis, Corbula querida, Corbula querida, Corbula revoluta, Corbula revoluta, Corbula rockensis, Corbula rostralis, Corbula rotalis, Corbula rufaripa, Corbula rugosella, Corbula rugulosa, Corbula sarda, Corbula sarda, Corbula semenoides, Corbula semenoides, Corbula seminella, Corbula semitorta, Corbula senecta, Corbula smolanensis, Corbula solidula, Corbula starana, Corbula stolata, Corbula straulata, Corbula subaequivalvis, Corbula subcompressa, Corbula subgibbosa, Corbula sublaevis, Corbula subradiata texana, Corbula subradiata, Corbula subrevoluta, Corbula subtrigonalis, Corbula sulculosa, Corbula swedesboroensis, Corbula taitensis, Corbula tanganyicensis, Corbula terquemi, Corbula torta, Corbula trigona, Corbula truncata, Corbula tuma, Corbula tunisulcata, Corbula valdensis, Corbula valdensis, Corbula vectensis, Corbula vera, Corbula vertumni, Corbula vertumni, Corbula vimnea, Corbula vokesi, Corbula wailesiana, Corbula wakullensis, Corbula waltonensis, Corbula waltonensis, Corbula williardi, Corbula woodi, Varicorbula amekiensis, Varicorbula brabantina, Varicorbula caloosae, Varicorbula cretaustrina, Varicorbula disimillis, Varicorbula heterogena, Varicorbula lefevrei, Varicorbula puntagordensis, Varicorbula wemmelensis, Varicorbula yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Varicorbula Grant and Gale
1938Corbula (Varicorbula) Woodring p. 55
1961Corbula (Varicorbula) Dey
1973Corbula (Varicorbula) Marasti p. 111
1980Varicorbula Vokes p. 182
1982Varicorbula Woodring p. 715
1984Corbula (Varicorbula) Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 105
1987Corbula (Varicorbula) Squires p. 71
1988Varicorbula Freneix et al. p. 438
1992Varicorbula Ward p. 112
1996Corbula (Varicorbula) Anderson p. 20
2002Varicorbula Sepkoski

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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
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789
subgenusVaricorbula(Grant and Gale 1931)

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.

Subg. Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Corbula chipolana carolina Richards 1947
Varicorbula baea Woodring 1982
Varicorbula bradleyi Nelson 1870
Varicorbula capayana Vokes 1939
Varicorbula chipolana Gardner 1928
Varicorbula crassimarginata Meek and Hayden 1860
Varicorbula disparilis d'Orbigny 1853
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Invalid names: Corbula (Aloidis) heterogena Guppy 1898 [synonym], Corbula waltonensis Gardner 1928 [synonym]
Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838
Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818
Varicorbula granti Olsson 1942
Varicorbula hodsoni Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana Hodson 1931 [synonym]
Varicorbula laqueata Casey 1903
Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824
Varicorbula operculum Philippi 1848
Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866
Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 14:15:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:15:02
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 165.3 Ma

Collections (479 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Varicorbula sp. (141293)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Kumamoto) Corbula globosa (40342 40557)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Kochi) Corbula globosa (40473)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Tokushima) Corbula globosa (40480)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Japan (Fukushima) Corbula globosa (40546)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) Corbula globosa (40474)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Japan Corbula globosa (116560 116562)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Japan (Fukushima) Corbula globosa (40547)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Japan (Tokushima) Corbula globosa (40481)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Japan (Kumamoto) Corbula globosa (40343 40558)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Varicorbula cretaustrina (13945 13946)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Varicorbula sp. (4255)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Corbula crassimarginata (1586)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Varicorbula crassimarginata (88511)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Varicorbula lefevrei (3118)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Varicorbula lefevrei (3114)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Corbula globosa (3260) Varicorbula globosa (3266 3267 3268)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Corbula capayana (122294 178752 194164)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Varicorbula brabantina (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Varicorbula sp. (75320 75331 75333 75335 75361 75365 75366 75368 75369 75370 75371 75372 75373 75375 75376 75377 75378 75380 75381 75382 75384 75388 75389 75390 75391 75392 75395 75396 75397 75398 75399 75401 75408 75414 75415)