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Caestocorbula murchisonii

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula murchisonii was named by Lea (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 5061, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Corbula murchisoni by Meyer and Aldrich (1886) and Harris (1919); it was recombined as Caestocorbula murchisonii by Palmer and Brann (1965) and CoBabe and Allmon (1994).

Subspecies
Corbula murchisoni fossata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. costata, C. ficus, C. gandavensis, C. semina, C. shikamai, C. willardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Corbula murchisonii Lea p. 46 figs. pl. 1, fig. 13
1886Corbula murchisoni Meyer and Aldrich p. 45 figs. pl. 2, fig. 22
1919Corbula murchisoni Harris p. 191
1965Caestocorbula murchisonii Palmer and Brann p. 56
1994Caestocorbula murchisonii CoBabe and Allmon

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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
subfamilyCaestocorbulinaeVokes 1945
genusCaestocorbulaVincent 1910
speciesmurchisonii(Lea 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.

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†Corbula murchisoni fossata Meyer and Aldrich 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 16:59:50
Modified: 2004-02-29 18:59:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Corbula fossata (92492)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Caestocorbula murchisonii (5311 5312 5316 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81275 81278 81282 90600 205438)