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Corbiculidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Corbiculidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (15%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 199 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater (based on Corbiculidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Corbiculidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Corbiculidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Corbiculinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Baidunoconcha ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Batissa genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Corbicula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 238 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Corbiculina genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyrenodonax genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Cyrenorita ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Dentonia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Eocallista ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 69 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Filosina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Fulpia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Fulpioides ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Cyanocyclas genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
Pharodina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Polymesoda genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 68 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tetoria ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Veloritina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1847 | Corbiculidae Gray |
1980 | Corbiculidae Vokes p. 162 |
1987 | Corbiculidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130 |
2000 | Corbiculidae Coan et al. p. 259 |
2009 | Corbiculidae Nevesskaja |
References
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!