Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Alternative combination: Cyrene (Corbicula) sookensis
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Corbicula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Clark and Arnold 1923 and Durham 1944
Sister taxa: 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 willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Type specimen: CAS 586. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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