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Tenuicorbula tenuis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula tenuis was named by Sowerby (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Eastern Pacific.]. It is extant. Its type locality is UCMP 3030, Fourth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California. It is the type species of Corbula (Tenuicorbula).

It was recombined as Corbula (Tenuicorbula) tenuis by Olsson (1932), Jung (1965) and Keen (1971); it was recombined as Tenuicorbula tenuis by Anderson and Roopnarine (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Corbula tenuis Sowerby
1932Corbula (Tenuicorbula) tenuis Olsson
1965Corbula (Tenuicorbula) tenuis Jung p. 477
1971Corbula (Tenuicorbula) tenuis Keen p. 268
2003Tenuicorbula tenuis 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
genusTenuicorbulaBruguière 1789
speciestenuis(Sowerby 1833)

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.

Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationarysubg
Attached: yessubg
Life habit: infaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:14:54
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:14:54
Source: subg = subgenus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Corbula tenuis (60144)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Corbula tenuis (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Corbula tenuis (48664 48665)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Tenuicorbula tenuis (160395)