Corbicula Megerle 1811

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Alternative spellings: Cyrena (Corbicula), Cyrene (Corbicula)

Parent taxon: Corbiculidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark 1915, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944, Hassan 1953, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Matsubara et al. 2010, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999, Turner 1938 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Acyrena, Baidunoconcha, Batissa, Corbiculina, Corbiculinae, Cyrenodonax, Cyrenorita, Dentonia, Ditypodon, Eocallista, Filosina, Fulpia, Fulpioides, Nemetia, Neocorbicula, Pharodina, Polymesoda, Sogamosa, Tetoria, Veloritina, Villorita

Subtaxa: Corbicula (Corbicula) Corbicula (Corbiculella) Corbicula (Corbiculina) Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) Corbicula (Donacopsis) Corbicula (Leptesthes) Corbicula (Loxoptychodon) Corbicula (Paracorbicula) Corbicula (Tellinocyclas) Corbicula arnoldi Corbicula astartoides Corbicula brevidens Corbicula britannica Corbicula carlosensis Corbicula consobrina Corbicula cowlitzensis Corbicula dowlingi Corbicula gerthi Corbicula ingens Corbicula jestesi Corbicula oldroydi Corbicula olequahensis Corbicula oregonensis Corbicula pugetensis Corbicula serrodentata Corbicula sookensis Corbicula willisi Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Egypt (5), Japan (4), Kenya (1), Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), United States (6: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (8), Japan (1), Malawi (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), France (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (5)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (17), the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: Alaska, Washington)

• Eocene of Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Greenland (3), Italy (1), Japan (18), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: Alabama, Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Argentina (18), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (8), Canada (3: Alberta), Chile (1), France (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), United States (39: Arkansas, California, Idaho, South Dakota, Texas)

• Jurassic of Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Yukon)

Total: 216 collections including 248 occurrences

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