Corbula woodsi Hanna and Israelsky 1925 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Full reference: G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky. 1925. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of Peru. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(2):37-75

Belongs to Corbula according to G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky 1925

Sister taxa: Corbula (Anisocorbula), Corbula (Caryocorbula), Corbula (Corbula), Corbula (Notocorbula), Corbula (Serracorbula), Corbula (Solidicorbula), Corbula (Tenuicorbula), Corbula (Varicorbula), Corbula acutangula, Corbula acuticostata, Corbula alpina, Corbula alta, Corbula arnoldi, Corbula atlantica, Corbula azzarolae, Corbula betsyae, Corbula birostrata, Corbula blakei, Corbula buckmani, Corbula burnsi, Corbula carinata, Corbula cliffensis, Corbula compressa, Corbula cotuhensis, Corbula daghaniensis, Corbula densata, Corbula diaboli, Corbula diegoana, Corbula ecuabula, Corbula elliptotrigona, Corbula engonata, Corbula evansana, Corbula extenuata, Corbula filosa, Corbula franklini, Corbula ganguararica, Corbula gibbosa, Corbula grandidieri, Corbula gregorioi, Corbula inaequalis, Corbula incurvata, Corbula intastriata, Corbula involuta, Corbula islipensis, Corbula khalidi, Corbula knoxiana, Corbula lacteana, Corbula lyoni, Corbula lyonsi, Corbula lyra, Corbula mekranica, Corbula muricina, Corbula negritensis, Corbula nematophora, Corbula nigeriensis, Corbula obliquata, Corbula oldhami, Corbula onestae, Corbula oniscus, Corbula palliseri, Corbula paracasensis, Corbula paracrassa, Corbula parinasensis, Corbula parsura, Corbula pectinata, Corbula percompressa, Corbula peruviana, Corbula primorsa, Corbula regulbiensis, Corbula rosecanyonensis, Corbula sinuosa, Corbula spectabilis, Corbula sphenia, Corbula sprouli, Corbula stillwaterensis, Corbula striatina, Corbula striatuloides, Corbula subengota, Corbula sublineata, Corbula sulcata, Corbula sulcifera, Corbula taheri, Corbula tenuisulcata, Corbula terramaria, Corbula tomulata, Corbula trigonalis, Corbula tumida, Corbula tunicosulcata, Corbula ursaniensis, Corbula wardii, Corbula waringi, Corbulamella suffalciata, Aloidis tunicata, Aloidis scaphoides, Aloidis cheribonensis

Type specimen: CAS 1725, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 555, Payta, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Peru.

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 555, Payta

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