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Cuneocorbula ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587336	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587336
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18445	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18445

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Cuneocorbula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Corbulidae : Cuneocorbula

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
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Myoidea
family	Corbulidae	Lamarck 1818
genus	Cuneocorbula	Cossmann 1886

Scientific Name

Cuneocorbula Cossmann, 1886

Name Published In

Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cuneocorbula	subgenus	belongs to Corbula	stated without evidence	Nagao, 1928
Cuneocorbula	genus	belongs to Corbulinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Cuneocorbula	subgenus	belongs to Corbula	stated with evidence	Kafanov et al., 2001
Cuneocorbula	genus	belongs to Myoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cuneocorbula	genus	belongs to Corbulidae	stated with evidence	Anderson and Roopnarine, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Corbulidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Corbulidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Corbula (Cuneocorbula) formosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Corbula (Cuneocorbula) kyushuensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Corbula angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corbula formosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corbula helenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corbula subengonata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Corbula weaveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corbula whitfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneocorbula angulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	145 Ma Late Jurassic	41.3 Ma Eocene
Cuneocorbula biangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cuneocorbula cochinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneocorbula griswoldensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cuneocorbula helenae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cuneocorbula weaveri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Cuneocorbula whitfieldi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	13.8 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Cuneocorbula Cossmann
1928	Corbula (Cuneocorbula) Nagao p. 116
1980	Cuneocorbula Vokes p. 182
2001	Corbula (Cuneocorbula) Kafanov et al.
2002	Cuneocorbula Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Cuneocorbula Anderson and Roopnarine p. 1092

References

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

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9 3, 97-128

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

Kafanov A. I., Ogasawara K., et al (2001) Checklist and bibliography of the Cenozoic Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Northeastern Asia (Russian Far East), 1968-1999, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28, 1-138

Anderson L. C., Roopnarine P. D. (2003) Evolution and phylogenetic relationships of Neogene Corbulidae (Bivalvia: Myoidea) of tropical America, Journal of Paleontology 77 6, 1086-1102

Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Oliver P.G., Jayachandran P.R. & Nandan S.B. (2016). Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916 transferred to the Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and assigned to the genus Cuneocorbula. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0578-y. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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