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Varicorbula chipolana

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula chipolana was named by Gardner (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Florida.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3419 - McClelland Farm [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Varicorbula chipolana by Anderson and Roopnarine (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Corbula chipolana Gardner
1947Corbula chipolana Richards p. 33
2003Varicorbula chipolana Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092

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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
specieschipolana(Gardner 1928)

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 chipolana Gardner 1928
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Corbula chipolana carolina Richards 1947
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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 14:15:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:15:02
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Corbula chipolana (41760 42222 42225 42250 42272 42281 42290 type locality: 42328 42366 42367 42443)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Corbula chipolana (80037 80039)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Corbula chipolana (92412)