Bicorbula gallicula Deshayes 1857 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative combination: Corbula gallicula

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Bicorbula according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997

See also Deshayes 1857 and Le Renard and Pacaud 1995

Sister taxa: Bicorbula idonea, Bicorbula kutchensis, Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, Corbula (Bicorbula) harpa, Corbula (Bicorbula) ickei, Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense, Corbula (Bicorbula) praexarata, Corbula (Bicorbula) pseudorakhiensis, Corbula (Bicorbula) samanaensis, Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata, Corbula (Bicorbula) tjiguhanensis

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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