Corbula densata Conrad 1854 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative combination: Caryocorbula densata

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289

Belongs to Corbula according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

See also CoBabe and Allmon 1994, Conrad 1854, Conrad 1856 and Palmer and Brann 1965

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 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, Corbula woodsi, Corbulamella suffalciata, Aloidis tunicata, Aloidis scaphoides, Aloidis cheribonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (64: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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