Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative spelling: Corbula (Bothrocorbula)
Parent taxon: Corbulidae according to L. C. Anderson and P. D. Roopnarine 2003
See also Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Aloides, Anticorbula, Antiquicorbula, Bicorbula, Caestocorbulinae, Caryocorbula, Caryocorbulinae, Concentricavalva, Coquandia, Corbula, Corbulamellinae, Corbulinae, Cuneocorbula, Cuspicorbula, Erodoninae, Exallocorbula, Ficusocorbula, Hexacorbula, Indocorbula, Juliacorbula, Lentidiinae, Lentidinae, Lhasanella, Nipponicorbula, Ostomya, Pachydontinae, Pachyrotunda, Panamicorbula, Pulsidis, Rostrocorbula, Semicorbula
Subtaxa: Bothrocorbula radiatula Bothrocorbula smithiana Bothrocorbula synarmostes Bothrocorbula viminea Bothrocorbula wilcoxii
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: Florida collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (3), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6), Haiti (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (12: Florida)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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