Parvicorbis Cossmann 1892 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative spelling: Parvicorbus

Synonym: Bernayia Cossmann 1887 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Fimbriidae according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

See also Cossmann 1891, Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cerkesia, Cyclopellatia, Haastina, Mutiella, Schafhaeutlia, Sphaera, Sphaeriola

Subtaxa: Parvicorbis goodallina Parvicorbis subarata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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