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Corbula (Caryocorbula)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula (Caryocorbula) was named by Gardner (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Corbula alabamiensis.

It was reranked as Caryocorbula by da Silva Forti (1969), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Perrilliat (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Squires and Saul (2004), Darragh and Kendrick (2008) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Corbula by Mansfield (1940), Jung (1965), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988) and Squires (1999); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Corbulinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988) and Squires and Saul (2004); to Corbulidae by da Silva Forti (1969), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003) and Darragh and Kendrick (2008); and to Caryocorbulinae by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Subtaxa
Caryocorbula cowlitzensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni, Corbula (Caryocorbula) nuciformis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella, Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea (syn. Corbula (Cuneocorbula) caimitica, Corbula (Cuneocorbula) cercadica), Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitei
Species lacking formal opinion data
Caryocorbula lavalleana, Caryocorbula lavelleana, Caryocorbula marquezensis, Caryocorbula ovisana, Caryocorbula prima, Caryocorbula stena, Caryocorbula varia, Corbula agricolae, Corbula asaharbitensis, Corbula bodenbenderi, Corbula cancellifera, Corbula carolinensis, Corbula chordata, Corbula costata, Corbula delgada, Corbula didimtuensis, Corbula eamesi, Corbula erythrodon, Corbula exarata, Corbula franci, Corbula funiakensis, Corbula giga, Corbula harpaeformis, Corbula inflata, Corbula kaghriana, Corbula kailtaensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kidugalloensis, Corbula lamarcki, Corbula lamarckii, Corbula lavalleana, Corbula mandawaensis, Corbula matsumotoi, Corbula mimosa, Corbula munda, Corbula nematophhora, Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pectorosa, Corbula perundata, Corbula pindiroensis, Corbula praeexarata, Corbula pyriformis, Corbula querida, Corbula rockensis, Corbula rufaripa, Corbula semenoides, Corbula subgibbosa, Corbula tanganyicensis, Corbula torta, Corbula vertumni, Corbula wakullensis, Corbula williardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner
1940Corbula (Caryocorbula) Mansfield p. 200
1965Corbula (Caryocorbula) Jung p. 475
1969Caryocorbula da Silva Forti p. 95
1976Corbula (Caryocorbula) Givens and Kennedy p. 974
1980Caryocorbula Vokes p. 182
1982Caryocorbula Woodring p. 710
1984Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 53
1987Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 70
1987Caryocorbula Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Caryocorbula Freneix et al. p. 432
1988Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 19
1992Caryocorbula Perrilliat p. 19
1999Corbula (Caryocorbula) Squires p. 28
2002Caryocorbula Sepkoski
2003Caryocorbula Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092
2004Caryocorbula Squires and Saul pp. 108-110
2008Caryocorbula Darragh and Kendrick p. 228
2010Caryocorbula Bouchet 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
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789
subgenusCaryocorbulaGardner 1926

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.

Subg. Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926
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†Caryocorbula cowlitzensis Dickerson 1917
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Corbula (Cuneocorbula) caimitica Maury 1917 [synonym], Corbula (Cuneocorbula) cercadica Maury 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004Shell small to moderate, subquadrate to elongate ovate, inequilateral, right valve slightly larger and deeper than left. Posterior slope acutely set off by radial keel. Valves usually pointed (tapered) posteriorly. Umbones not inflated, nor set off by growth stages; beaks slightly prosogyrate. Lunule and escutcheon absent. Sculpture of weak to moderately strong commarginal ribs, similar on both valves; radial threads possibly present. Left-valve hinge with chondrophore and (posteriorly) adjoining deep pit. Chondrophore moderately broad, somewhat projecting and flattish, and bearing median ridge. Right-valve hinge with single, large triangular cardinal tooth (upcurved at tip) and adjoining deep, broad pit. Adductor scars prominent. Pallial sinus simple, short, nearly vertical, and shallow to absent (Yokes, 1945; Stenzel et al., 1957; Keen, 1969; Coan et al., 2000; Coan, 2002).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 15:55:37
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Gelasian or 66.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (208 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Corbula coloradoensis (91778 91893 98701) Corbula coloradoensis, Corbula kennedyi (91832) Corbula kennedyi (91854 98820 98822 108780) Corbula sp. C, Corbula kennedyi (99010) Corbula sp. D (99052) Corbula sp. E (91812)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Corbula coloradoensis (98707 98733 98739 98860 99071)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Corbula sp. (52191)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Corbula cappa (101126)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (199851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Corbula dickersoni (5544 146900)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) Corbula cappa (98925 98926)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Corbula cappa (91845 91848)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Corbula dickersoni (52305)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (122656 177611 178718 178749 178752 193548 207323)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (83757 83758 83801 83804 83805 89849 92642 92783)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (8011 8016 8018 200144)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0USA (Texas) Corbula sp. A (99057 99073)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (111552 111554)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (16712 200845 201693 202094 207148 207152 207178 207183) Corbula sp. (214593)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2414 2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (81224 81253)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Corbula alabamiensis (205356)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2413)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Corbula dickersoni (191188)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Corbula dickersoni (52204 201124 203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Corbula alabamiensis (91118 92308 92355 92378 92485 92489 92492)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Corbula alabamiensis (90640)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Corbula alabamiensis (91797 91814 91838 99035) Corbula augustae (91810)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia (Bolivar) Corbula carmenensis (3312)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Corbula alabamiensis (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 5311 5312 5316 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 6788 81266 81275 81278 81279 81282) Corbula alabamiensis (90600 98359)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Caryocorbula alabamiensis (2434 2449) Corbula alabamiensis (90707 90708 90709)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Corbula cowlitzensis (40733 91606)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Corbula cowlitzensis (4900)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Corbula alabamiensis (42840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Corbula alabamiensis (3315)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Corbula subaequivalvis (9180)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Corbula taylorensis (169205 205617)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Corbula caimitica (173459)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Corbula kaghriana (61111) Corbula kaghriana, Corbula burnsii (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Corbula agricolae, Corbula giga, Corbula vertumni (112582) Corbula arrecta, Corbula chordata, Corbula delgada, Corbula giga, Corbula mimosa, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula querida (65162) Corbula delgada, Corbula mimosa, Corbula querida (112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Corbula querida (112596 112597)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Corbula fabiformis (66141) Corbula propinqua (66177)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Corbula anteniae, Corbula semenoides (41760) Corbula sarda (42367) Corbula sarda, Corbula franci (42443) Corbula semenoides (42250 42281 42290 42328) Corbula seminella (42482 42605 42657 42663 42678 42684 42685) Corbula wakullensis (42424)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (74962)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Corbula delgada, Corbula mimosa, Corbula querida (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Corbula revoluta (60288 60289)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Corbula cercadica (124722)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Corbula cala, Corbula parawhitfieldi (94810) Corbula parawhitfieldi (43046) Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula seminella (42692 42870 42886 43011 43014 43031 43032 43036 43047) Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula seminella, Corbula funiakensis (43023 43024) Corbula seminella (42813 42872 42884 42888 43022) Corbula seminella, Corbula funiakensis (43021)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (74912) Corbula cercadica (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Corbula democraciana (61040)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Corbula sp. (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (74914 74915) Corbula caimitica (58867) Corbula cercadica (58875)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Corbula nucleata (94807)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (74966 74967 74971 75036 75037)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Caryocorbula sericea (74968)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Caryocorbula porcella (214273)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Corbula nucleata (59484 59485 59486 59487 94809)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Corbula sericea (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Corbula sericea (58522 69094 131915)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Corbula lavalleana (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Corbula lavalleana (134767 134768) Corbula lavalleana, Corbula olssoni (134769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Corbula nuciformis, Corbula porcella (48664)