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Pseudocorbula ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4586928	https://www.gbif.org/species/4586928
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18145	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18145

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Myophoricardiidae : Pseudocorbula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Myophoricardiidae : Pseudocorbula

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Myophoricardiidae	Chavan 1967
genus	Pseudocorbula	Philippi 1898

Scientific Name

Pseudocorbula Philippi, 1898

Name Published In

Jahresh. Ver. Württemb., 54

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudocorbula	genus	belongs to Myophoricardiidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Pseudocorbula	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudocorbula	genus	belongs to Myophoricardiidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Crassatelloidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Crassatelloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Philippi. 1898. Die fauna des unteren Trigonodus-Dolomits vom Hühberfeld bei Schwieberdingen und des sogenannten “Cannstatter Kreidemergels”. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 54:145-227

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Corbula nuculiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudocorbula gregaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		22	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pseudocorbula gregaroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudocorbula incrassata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudocorbula kharaulakhensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Pseudocorbula nuculiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	242 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pseudocorbula pseudogregaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Pseudocorbula sandbergeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudocorbula shanglanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1898	Pseudocorbula Philippi
1980	Pseudocorbula Vokes p. 125
2002	Pseudocorbula Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Pseudocorbula Ros-Franch et al.
1898	Pseudocorbula Philippi
1980	Pseudocorbula Vokes p. 125
2002	Pseudocorbula Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Pseudocorbula Ros-Franch et al.

References

Philippi E. Die fauna des unteren Trigonodus-Dolomits vom Hühberfeld bei Schwieberdingen und des sogenannten “Cannstatter Kreidemergels”, Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 54, 145-227

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Jahresh. Ver. Württemb., 54 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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