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Corbulidae

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Corbulidae Lamarck
1904Corbulidae Glenn p. 278
1935Aloididae Thiele
1957Corbulidae Rivera p. 197
1965Corbulidae Newell p. 21
1976Corbulidae Givens and Kennedy p. 974
1977Corbulidae Adegoke p. 290
1980Corbulidae Vokes p. 181
1984Corbulidae Squires p. 53
1987Corbulidae Squires p. 70
1987Corbulidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Corbulidae Squires p. 19
1992Corbulidae Ward p. 111
1999Corbulidae Squires p. 25
2000Corbulidae Coan et al. p. 466
2004Corbulidae Squires and Saul p. 107
2006Corbulidae Rosenberg et al.
2009Corbulidae Nevesskaja
2010Corbulidae Bouchet et al.
2011Corbulidae Carter et al. p. 18
2014Corbulidae Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818

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.

Fm. Corbulidae Lamarck 1818
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G. †Aloides Muhlfeld 1811
G. Anticorbula Dall 1898
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Anticorbula mencheri Palmer 1945
Anticorbula miocaenica Wesselingh 2006
G. †Antiquicorbula Hautmann 2001
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Antiquicorbula concentrica Hautmann 2001
G. Bicorbula Fischer 1887
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Bicorbula gallicula Deshayes 1857
Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833
Bicorbula kutchensis Halder and Bano 2015
Corbula (Bicorbula) harpa Archaic and Haime 1854
Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata d'Archaic and Haime 1854
G. †Bothrocorbula Gabb 1873
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Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866
Subfm. †Caestocorbulinae Vokes 1945
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G. †Caestocorbula Vincent 1910
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Caestocorbula allisoni Squires and Saul 2004
Caestocorbula angustata Sowerby 1832
Caestocorbula attina Squires and Saul 2004
Caestocorbula aura Squires and Saul 2004
Caestocorbula cavus Squires and Saul 2004
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Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860
Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015
Caestocorbula kubera Kendrick and Vartak 2007
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Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) subtumida Nagao 1928 [synonym]
Caestocorbula twiningi Glibert and van de Poel 1966
Corbula murchisoni fossata Meyer and Aldrich 1886
G. †Parmicorbula Vokes 1944
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G. Caryocorbula Gardner 1926
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Subg. Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926
Caryocorbula basteroti Hörnes 1870
Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845
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Invalid names: Caryocorbula barrattiana Adams 1852 [synonym], Corbula swiftiana Adams 1852 [synonym]
Caryocorbula cauveriensis Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Caryocorbula coani Squires and Saul 2004
Caryocorbula cocconii Fontannes 1881
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Invalid names: Corbula dilatata Waring 1917 [replaced]
Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944
Caryocorbula cowlitzensis Dickerson 1917
Caryocorbula engonatoides Gardner 1927
Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965
Caryocorbula greda Olsson 1928
Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864
Caryocorbula lomana Squires and Saul 2004
Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864
Caryocorbula minima d'Orbigny 1847
Caryocorbula nasuta Sowerby 1833
Caryocorbula onoensis Squires and Saul 2004
Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922
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Caryocorbula orosi Olsson 1922
Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835
Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864
Caryocorbula phruda Woodring 1982
Caryocorbula pixidata Tate 1887
Caryocorbula pixidicula Deshayes 1857
Caryocorbula platys Woodring 1982
Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964
Caryocorbula quirosana Hodson 1931
Caryocorbula salina Olsson 1928
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801
Caryocorbula subcontracta Whitfield 1894
Caryocorbula traskii Gabb 1864
Caryocorbula urumacoensis Hodson and Hodson 1931
Caryocorbula vacca Squires and Saul 2004
G. †Concentricavalva Wesselingh 2006
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Concentricavalva concentrica Wesselingh 2006
G. †Coquandia
G. Corbula Bruguière 1789
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Subg. Corbula (Anisocorbula) Iredale 1930
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Anisocorbula ohiroi Masuda 1966
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Invalid names: Corbula modesta Hinds 1843 [synonym]
Subg. Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926
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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]
Subg. Corbula (Corbula) Bruguière 1798
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Subg. Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930
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Notocorbula adelaidensis Ludbrook 1955
Notocorbula ephamilla Tate 1887
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885
Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806
Notocorbula texana Gabb 1860
Subg. †Corbula (Serracorbula) Olsson 1961
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Subg. Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932
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Tenuicorbula acutirostra Spieker 1922
Tenuicorbula anatina Lamarck 1806
Tenuicorbula bravoana Spieker 1922
Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833
Subg. Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Corbula chipolana carolina Richards 1947
Varicorbula baea Woodring 1982
Varicorbula bradleyi Nelson 1870
Varicorbula capayana Vokes 1939
Varicorbula chipolana Gardner 1928
Varicorbula disparilis d'Orbigny 1853
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Invalid names: Corbula (Aloidis) heterogena Guppy 1898 [synonym], Corbula waltonensis Gardner 1928 [synonym]
Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838
Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818
Varicorbula granti Olsson 1942
Varicorbula hodsoni Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana Hodson 1931 [synonym]
Varicorbula laqueata Casey 1903
Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824
Varicorbula operculum Philippi 1848
Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866
Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931
Corbula acutangula Issel 1869
Corbula acuticostata Martin 1885
Corbula alpina Winckler 1859
Corbula alta Conrad 1848
Corbula arnoldi Woods 1922
Corbula atlantica Furon 1948
Corbula azzarolae Stoppani 1865
Corbula betsyae Marincovich, Jr. 1993
Corbula birostrata Trentanove 1901
Corbula blakei Gabb 1864
Corbula buckmani Lycett 1863
Corbula burnsi Dall 1937
Corbula carinata Dujardin 1837
Corbula cliffensis Hanna 1927
Corbula compressa Lea 1833
Corbula cotuhensis Wesselingh 2006
Corbula densata Conrad 1854
Corbula diaboli Clark and Woodford 1927
Corbula diegoana Conrad 1855
Corbula ecuabula Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Corbula elliptotrigona Traub 1938
Corbula engonata Conrad 1848
Corbula evansana Shumard 1858
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898
Corbula filosa Stanton 1895
Corbula franklini Nelson 1925
Corbula ganguararica Maury 1936
Corbula gibbosa Lea 1833
Corbula grandidieri Newton 1895
Corbula gregorioi Cossmann 1894
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824
Corbula incurvata von Koenen 1897
Corbula intastriata Conrad 1848
Corbula involuta Kossmat 1893
Corbula islipensis Lycett 1863
Corbula khalidi Abbass 1972
Corbula knoxiana Adams 1852
Corbula lacteana Russell and Landes 1937
Corbula lyoni Pilsbry 1897
Corbula lyonsi Oppenheim 1906
Corbula lyra Maury 1930
Corbula mekranica Vredenburg 1928
Corbula muricina Deshayes 1857
Corbula negritensis Olsson 1928
Corbula nematophora Meek 1893
Corbula nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
Corbula obliquata Deshayes 1857
Corbula oldhami Hislop 1859
Corbula onestae McLearn 1929
Corbula oniscus Conrad 1833
Corbula palliseri McLearn 1929
Corbula paracasensis Rivera 1957
Corbula paracrassa Wade 1926
Corbula parinasensis Woods 1922
Corbula parsura Stoliczka 1871
Corbula pectinata Sowerby 1840
Corbula percompressa Gardner 1916
Corbula peruviana Woods 1922
Corbula primorsa Gabb 1864
Corbula regulbiensis Morris 1854
Corbula sinuosa Martin 1884
Corbula spectabilis Deshayes 1857
Corbula sphenia Dall 1900
Corbula sprouli Warren 1934
Corbula stillwaterensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
Corbula striatina Deshayes 1857
Corbula striatuloides Forbes 1846
Corbula sublineata Böhm 1891
Corbula sulcata Lamarck 1801
Corbula sulcifera Hislop 1859
Corbula taheri Abbass 1972
Corbula tenuisulcata Vredenburg 1928
Corbula terramaria Gardner 1916
Corbula tomulata Hanna 1927
Corbula trigonalis Soweby 1840
Corbula tumida Böhm 1891
Corbula tunicosulcata Vredenburg 1928
Corbula ursaniensis Russell and Landes 1937
Corbula wardii Hanna 1927
Corbula waringi Woods 1922
Corbula woodsi Hanna and Israelsky 1925
Invalid names: Aloidis Megerle 1811 [synonym]
Subfm. †Corbulamellinae Vokes 1945
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G. †Corbulamella Meek 1857
Subfm. Corbulinae Lamarck 1818
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G. †Anapteris Van Winkle 1919
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G. †Corbulomima Vokes 1945
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Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
Corbulomima obscura Sowerby 1821
G. †Eoursivivas Ota 1964
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G. †Excorbula Squires and Saul 2004
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Excorbula coqua Squires and Saul 2004
Excorbula parkyi Squires and Saul 2004
Excorbula shastana Squires and Saul 2004
G. †Flexicorbula Chavan 1947
G. †Panzacorbula Squires and Saul 2004
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Panzacorbula pozo Dailey and Popenoe 1966
G. †Ursirivus Vokes 1945
G. †Vokesula Stenzel and J. T. 1957
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Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885
Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919
Vokesula smithvillensis petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
Invalid names: Potamocorbulinae Habe 1977 [synonym]
G. †Cuneocorbula Cossmann 1886
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Corbula (Cuneocorbula) formosa Devjatilova and Volobueva 1981
Cuneocorbula angulata Lamarck 1806
Cuneocorbula biangulata Deshayes 1860
Cuneocorbula helenae Maury 1912
Cuneocorbula weaveri Maury 1912
G. †Cuspicorbula Olsson 1928
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Cuspicorbula busera Olsson 1928
Fm. Erodoninae Winckworth 1932
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G. Erodona Daudin 1802
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Erodona mactroides Daudin 1802
Erodona vaderensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
Invalid names: Potamomya [synonym]
G. †Exallocorbula Nemésio et al. 2006
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Exallocorbula dispar Conrad 1874
G. †Ficusocorbula Korobkov 1954
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Ficusocorbula ficus Solander 1766
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Indocorbula lyrata Sowerby 1840
G. Juliacorbula Olsson 1953
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Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
Juliacorbula boggsi Olsson 1928
Juliacorbula cubaniana d'Orbigny 1853
Juliacorbula scutata Gardner 1943
Juliacorbula tangara Olsson 1928
Subfm. †Lentidiinae Vokes 1945
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G. Corbulomya Nyst 1845
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Corbulomya antiquum Deshayes 1857
Corbulomya chevallieri Deshayes 1857
Corbulomya pullus Deshayes 1857
Corbulomya seminulum Deshayes 1857
G. Lentidium Cristofori 1832
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Subg. †Lentidium (Ajanssenium) Kadolsky 1989
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Invalid names: Aloides (Lentidium) nysti Deshayes 1857 [synonym]
Lentidium (Ajanssenium) turonense Cossmann and Peyrot 1914
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Lentidium (Janschinella) dissitum Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Subg. Lentidium (Lentidium) Cristofori 1832
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Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822
G. †Lhasanella Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005
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Lhasanella lhasaensis Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005
G. Ostomya Conrad 1874
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Ostomya carinata Wesselingh 2006
Ostomya myiformis Wesselingh 2006
Ostomya papyria Conrad 1874
Subfm. †Pachydontinae Vokes 1945
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G. †Pachydon
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Pachydon altus Conrad 1871
Pachydon amazonensis Gabb 1869
Pachydon andersonae Wesselingh 2006
Pachydon carinatus Conrad 1871
Pachydon cebada Anderson 1928
Pachydon cuneatus Conrad 1871
Pachydon ellipticus Wesselingh 2006
Pachydon erectum Conrad 1871
Pachydon hettneri Anderson 1928
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Invalid names: Corbula scheibei Anderson 1928 [synonym]
Pachydon iquitensis de Greve 1938
Pachydon ledaeformis Dall 1872
Pachydon maaikeae Wesselingh 2006
Pachydon obliquus Gabb 1869
Pachydon ovatus Conrad 1871
Pachydon telliniformis Wesselingh 2006
Pachydon tenuis Gabb 1869
Pachydon trigonalis Nuttall 1990
G. †Tiza
G. †Pachyrotunda Wesselingh 2006
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Pachyrotunda rotundata Wesselingh 2006
G. Panamicorbula Pilsbry 1932
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Panamicorbula canae Anderson 1996
Panamicorbula ventricosa Adams and Reeve 1850
G. †Pulsidis
G. †Rostrocorbula Harper et al. 2002
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Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni Morris 1853
Invalid names: Aloididae Thiele 1935 [synonym], Caryocorbulinae Gardner 1926 [empty], Lentidinae De Cristofori and Jan 1832 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004Shell small to medium, inequilateral, inequivalved to sub-inequivalved, aragonitic, with crossed-lamellar outer and complex crossed-lamellar inner layers. Ligament partly external, internal portion amphidetic. Right valve generally strongly inflated and larger than left valve, to a varying degree. Posterior end somewhat rostrate. Shell sculptured with commarginal ribs or smooth; radial ribs usually absent. Hinge simple with pit in left valve and corresponding anterior cardinal tooth in right valve. Chondrophore of left valve usually present, usually small, and variable in amount of projection. Muscle scars dimyarian. Pallial sinus small or absent (Yokes, 1945; Keen, 1969; Davies, 1971; Anderson, 1996; Coan, 2002).