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Bothrocorbula viminea

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula viminea was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Corbula (Bothrocorbula) viminea by Maury (1917), Woodring (1925) and Anderson (1996); it was recombined as Bothrocorbula viminea by Gabb (1872), Woodring (1982) and Anderson and Roopnarine (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. heterogena, B. caduca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Corbula viminea Guppy p. 293 figs. pl. 18, fig. 11
1872Bothrocorbula viminea Gabb
1911Corbula viminea Brown and Pilsbry p. 372
1917Corbula (Bothrocorbula) viminea Maury p. 233
1922Corbula viminea Olsson p. 270
1925Corbula (Bothrocorbula) viminea Woodring p. 187
1982Bothrocorbula viminea Woodring p. 713
1996Corbula (Bothrocorbula) viminea Anderson pp. 12-13
2003Bothrocorbula viminea Anderson and Roopnarine

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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
genusBothrocorbulaGabb 1873
speciesviminea(Guppy 1866)

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.

†Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:13:24
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:24
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (74962)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (74958 74959)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (74912)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Aloides viminea (60110)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (75037)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bothrocorbula viminea (74964 74968)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Corbula viminea (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Corbula viminea (134653)