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Corbula

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula was named by Bruguière (1789) [Sepkoski's age data: R]. It is extant. Its type is Corbula sulcata.

It was assigned to Myidae by Stanton (1895); to Corbulinae by Iqbal (1973), Adegoke (1977), Kanno (1978), Vokes (1980), Squires (1984) and Squires (1987); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Corbulidae by Glenn (1904), Woods (1922), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Russell and Landes (1937), Woodring (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Rivera (1957), da Silva Forti (1969), Marasti (1973), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Squires (1988), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Squires (1999), Wienrich (1999), Anderson and Roopnarine (2003), Schneider et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Repin (2013).

Species
Aloidis cheribonensis, Aloidis scaphoides, Aloidis tunicata, C. (Anisocorbula), C. (Caryocorbula), C. (Corbula), C. (Notocorbula), C. (Serracorbula), C. (Solidicorbula), C. (Tenuicorbula), C. (Varicorbula), C. acutangula, C. acuticostata, C. alpina, C. alta, C. arnoldi, C. atlantica, C. azzarolae, C. betsyae, C. birostrata, C. blakei, C. buckmani, C. burnsi, C. cancellifera, C. carinata, C. cliffensis, C. compressa, C. cotuhensis, C. daghaniensis, C. densata, C. diaboli, C. diegoana, C. ecuabula, C. elliptotrigona, C. engonata, C. evansana, C. extenuata, C. filosa, C. franklini, C. ganguararica, C. gibbosa, C. grandidieri, C. gregorioi, C. inaequalis, C. incurvata, C. intastriata, C. involuta, C. islipensis, C. khalidi, C. knoxiana, C. lacteana, C. lyoni, C. lyonsi, C. lyra, C. mekranica, C. muricina, C. negritensis, C. nematophora, C. nigeriensis, C. obliquata, C. oldhami, C. onestae, C. oniscus, C. palliseri, C. paracasensis, C. paracrassa, C. parinasensis, C. parsura, C. pectinata, C. percompressa, C. peruviana, C. primorsa, C. regulbiensis, C. rosecanyonensis, C. sinuosa, C. spectabilis, C. sphenia, C. sprouli, C. stillwaterensis, C. striatina, C. striatuloides, C. subengota, C. sublineata, C. sulcata (type species), C. sulcifera, C. taheri, C. tenuisulcata, C. terramaria, C. tomulata, C. trigonalis, C. tumida, C. tunicosulcata, C. ursaniensis, C. wardii, C. waringi, C. woodsi, Corbulamella suffalciata
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. agricolae, C. asaharbitensis, C. bodenbenderi, C. carolinensis, C. chordata, C. costata, C. delgada, C. didimtuensis, C. eamesi, C. erythrodon, C. exarata, C. franci, C. funiakensis, C. giga, C. harpaeformis, C. inflata, C. kaghriana, C. kailtaensis, C. kanabensis, C. kidugalloensis, C. lamarcki, C. lamarckii, C. lavalleana, C. mandawaensis, C. matsumotoi, C. mimosa, C. munda, C. nematophhora, C. parawhitfieldi, C. pauciornata, C. pectorosa, C. perundata, C. pindiroensis, C. praeexarata, C. pyriformis, C. querida, C. rockensis, C. rufaripa, C. semenoides, C. subgibbosa, C. tanganyicensis, C. torta, C. vertumni, C. wakullensis, C. williardi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Corbula Bruguière
1811Aloidis Megerle
1895Corbula Stanton p. 61
1898Corbula (Aloidis) Guppy p. 850
1904Corbula Glenn p. 278
1922Corbula Woods p. 73
1928Corbula Nagao p. 87
1935Aloidis Oostingh p. 200
1937Corbula Russell and Landes p. 161
1938Corbula Woodring p. 55
1939Corbula Mukerjee p. 34
1944Corbula Durham p. 152
1957Corbula Rivera p. 197
1969Corbula da Silva Forti p. 97
1973Corbula Iqbal p. 20
1973Corbula Marasti p. 111
1976Corbula Givens and Kennedy p. 974
1977Corbula Adegoke p. 290
1978Corbula Kanno p. 109
1980Corbula Vokes p. 182
1984Corbula Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 105
1984Corbula Squires p. 53
1987Corbula Squires p. 70
1988Corbula Squires p. 19
1998Corbula Lamprell and Healy p. 190
1999Corbula Squires p. 28
1999Corbula Wienrich p. 255
2002Corbula Sepkoski
2003Corbula Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092
2005Corbula Schneider et al. p. 103
2010Corbula Bouchet et al.
2013Corbula Repin p. 568

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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
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789

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.

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 Van Winkle 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 crassimarginata Meek and Hayden 1860
†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 cancellifera Stoliczka 1858
†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 Van Winkle 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height173.631.708.404.001.80
shell height19.00----

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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma

Collections (1695 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) C. blakei (142614)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany C. alpina (202142)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy C. imperfecta, C. azzarolae (38167)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) C. azzarolae (38083)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) C. ludovicae (53947)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France C. terquemi (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France C. terquemi (39378 39379 39380 39381 39382 39383 39384)
Hettangian - Aalenian201.3 - 170.3Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (34184)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (53115)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (34183)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kenya C. didimtuensis (36455)
Toarcian - Bajocian182.7 - 168.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. sp. (212477)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. buckmani (204056) C. buckmani, C. islipensis (204059) C. sp. (204058 204108)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Romania C. sp. (122097)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (34204)
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas area) C. jurassica (141250)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7USA (Wyoming) C. munda (167171 167175 167183 167184 167185)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tanzania C. eamesi (36399) C. kidugalloensis (36398) C. mandawaensis (36315) C. pindiroensis (36314) C. sp. (36363 36364) C. tanganyicensis (36316)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Wyoming) C. munda (36527) C. sp. (36529)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Kenya C. asaharbitensis (36460)