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Caryocorbula caribaea

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula caribaea was named by d'Orbigny (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) caribaea by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea by Anderson and Roopnarine (2003).

Synonyms
  • Corbula swiftiana was named by Adams (1852) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Caryocorbula caribaea by Hendy et al. (2008).
  • Corbula barrattiana was named by Adams (1852) [DISTRIBUTIONL Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Caryocorbula barrattiana by DuBar (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Caryocorbula caribaea by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Corbula caribaea d'Orbigny p. 323 figs. pl. 27, figs. 5-8
1852Corbula barrattiana Adams
1852Corbula swiftiana Adams pp. 236-237
1921Corbula swiftiana Vaughn and et al.
1969Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) caribaea da Silva Forti p. 95
1971Caryocorbula barrattiana DuBar
2003Caryocorbula caribaea Anderson and Roopnarine

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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
genusCaryocorbula(Gardner 1926)
speciescaribaea(d'Orbigny 1845)

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.

Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845
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Invalid names: Caryocorbula barrattiana Adams 1852 [synonym], Corbula swiftiana Adams 1852 [synonym]
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: 2004-02-29 17:11:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:52
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Corbula caribaea (92751)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Corbula barrattiana (59484 59487 94809)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Caryocorbula barrattiana (60899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Corbula swiftiana (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Caryocorbula barrattiana (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Corbula swiftiana (75422)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Caryocorbula barrattiana (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Corbula caribaea, Corbula swiftiana (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Corbula caribaea (175628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Caryocorbula barrattiana (60930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Corbula swiftiana (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Corbula caribaea (148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Corbula swiftiana (57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Corbula caribaea (195917 195928 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Corbula barrattiana (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Caryocorbula caribaea (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Caryocorbula caribaea (72116 72118 72121)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Corbula swiftiana (41935 92776)