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Notocorbula texana

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula texana was named by Gabb (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Reklaw-locality 2, which is in a Ypresian shallow subtidal shale in the Reklaw Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Notocorbula texana by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. disparilis, N. illecta, N. innerans, N. kaiparaensis, N. marquezensis, N. pumila

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Corbula texana Gabb p. 387 figs. pl. 67, fig. 54
1919Corbula texana Harris p. 190
1965Notocorbula texana Palmer and Brann p. 207

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
genusNotocorbulaBruguière 1789
speciestexana(Gabb 1860)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Notocorbula texana Gabb 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:14:09
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:14:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Bartonian or 100.50000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Corbula texana (225659)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Notocorbula texana (type locality: 83950)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Notocorbula texana (1447)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Notocorbula texana (2412 2413 41426 41436 41439 41441 41443)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Corbula texana (42964 42966)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Notocorbula texana (7437 7438 7439 90656 90885 92208 205414 205415 205422 205430 205433)