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Corbula (Tenuicorbula)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula (Tenuicorbula) was named by Olsson (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Corbula tenuis.

It was reranked as Tenuicorbula by Perrilliat (1992), Sepkoski (2002) and Anderson and Roopnarine (2003).

It was assigned to Caryocorbulinae by Perrilliat (1992); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Corbulidae by Anderson and Roopnarine (2003); and to Corbula by Olsson (1932), Kanno (1978) and Hendy et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Corbula (Tenuicorbula) dajacensis, Tenuicorbula acutirostra, Tenuicorbula anatina, Tenuicorbula bravoana, Tenuicorbula melajoensis, Tenuicorbula tenuis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Corbula agricolae, Corbula asaharbitensis, Corbula bodenbenderi, Corbula carolinensis, Corbula chordata, Corbula costata, Corbula delgada, Corbula didimtuensis, Corbula eamesi, Corbula erythrodon, Corbula exarata, Corbula franci, Corbula funiakensis, Corbula giga, Corbula harpaeformis, Corbula inflata, Corbula kaghriana, Corbula kailtaensis, Corbula kanabensis, Corbula kidugalloensis, Corbula lamarcki, Corbula lamarckii, Corbula lavalleana, Corbula mandawaensis, Corbula matsumotoi, Corbula mimosa, Corbula munda, Corbula nematophhora, Corbula parawhitfieldi, Corbula pauciornata, Corbula pectorosa, Corbula perundata, Corbula pindiroensis, Corbula praeexarata, Corbula pyriformis, Corbula querida, Corbula rockensis, Corbula rufaripa, Corbula semenoides, Corbula subgibbosa, Corbula tanganyicensis, Corbula torta, Corbula vertumni, Corbula wakullensis, Corbula williardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson
1978Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Kanno p. 110
1992Tenuicorbula Perrilliat p. 217
2002Tenuicorbula Sepkoski
2003Tenuicorbula Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092
2015Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Hendy et al. p. 477

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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
genusCorbulaBruguière 1789
subgenusTenuicorbulaOlsson 1932

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.

Subg. Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932
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†Tenuicorbula acutirostra Spieker 1922
†Tenuicorbula anatina Lamarck 1806
†Tenuicorbula bravoana Spieker 1922
Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationarysubg
Attached: yessubg
Life habit: infaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).subg
Created: 2009-09-09 14:14:54
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:14:54
Source: subg = subgenus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Tenuicorbula sp. (84337)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tenuicorbula sp. (205533)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Corbula anatina (78567)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Indonesia Corbula dajacensis (78563 78564)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Corbula acutirostra (58999) Corbula bravoana (59001)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Corbula acutirostra (66178) Corbula bravoana (66141)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Corbula tenuis (60144)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Tenuicorbula sp. (136885 158040)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Tenuicorbula sp. (66163 66164)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Tenuicorbula melajoensis (60402 60405 60631 60634 60635)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Tenuicorbula melajoensis (60416)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Corbula tenuis (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Corbula tenuis (48664 48665)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Tenuicorbula tenuis (160395)