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Varicorbula vieta

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

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

It was recombined as Corbula (Aloidis) vieta by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) vieta by Anderson (1994); it was recombined as Varicorbula vieta by Woodring (1982) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Corbula vieta Guppy p. 580 figs. pl. 26, fig. 8
1917Corbula (Aloidis) vieta Maury p. 231
1922Corbula vieta Olsson p. 266
1922Corbula vieta Pilsbry p. 427
1982Varicorbula vieta Woodring p. 715
1994Corbula (Varicorbula) vieta Anderson
2008Varicorbula vieta Hendy et al.

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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
genusVaricorbulaBruguière 1789
speciesvieta(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.

Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available