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Caryocorbula orosi

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula orosi was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill No. 3, Banana River [Rio Banano Fm], which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Caryocorbula orosi by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Corbula orosi Olsson p. 269 figs. pl. 21, fig. 9
1982Caryocorbula orosi Woodring p. 713

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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
genusCaryocorbula(Gardner 1926)
speciesorosi(Olsson 1922)

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.

Caryocorbula orosi Olsson 1922
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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: 2004-02-29 17:11:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:52
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Corbula orosi (134652)