Corbula

Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.

Corbula

Jan Delsing · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CorbulidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
stationaryPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 241 million years on record.

The record covers at least 241.464 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 243.43 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 2160 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 1 of 2160 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 4 of 2160 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 13 of 2160 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 37 of 2160 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 24 of 2160 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 62 of 2160 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 384 of 2160 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 116 of 2160 occurrencesEocene — about 523 of 2160 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 222 of 2160 occurrencesMiocene — about 496 of 2160 occurrencesPliocene — about 166 of 2160 occurrencesPleistocene — about 90 of 2160 occurrences248–240 Mya — about 1 occurrence240–232 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences232–223 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences223–215 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences215–207 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences207–199 Mya — about 12 occurrences199–190 Mya — about 1 occurrence190–182 Mya — about 1 occurrence182–174 Mya — about 3 occurrences174–166 Mya — about 31 occurrences166–157 Mya — about 10 occurrences157–149 Mya — about 16 occurrences149–141 Mya — about 9 occurrences141–132 Mya — about 12 occurrences132–124 Mya — about 7 occurrences124–116 Mya — about 4 occurrences116–108 Mya — about 14 occurrences108–99 Mya — about 33 occurrences99–91 Mya — about 72 occurrences91–83 Mya — about 18 occurrences83–74 Mya — about 55 occurrences74–66 Mya — about 218 occurrences66–58 Mya — about 109 occurrences58–50 Mya — about 112 occurrences50–41 Mya — about 155 occurrences41–33 Mya — about 292 occurrences33–25 Mya — about 183 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 167 occurrences17–8.3 Mya — about 279 occurrences8.3–0 Mya — about 343 occurrences241.464 Mya11.7 ka248 Mya0 Mya

2,160 occurrences of Corbula on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,160 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

395 formations

Byram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.07°N, 96.46°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.75°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.18°N, 99.02°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 29.25°N, 82.73°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WGatun — 9.33°N, 79.90°WGatun — 9.36°N, 79.84°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WBarton Beds — 50.67°N, 1.57°WBarton Beds — 50.67°N, 1.08°WBarton Beds — 51.28°N, 0.63°WBarton Beds — 50.78°N, 1.73°WBarton Beds — 50.85°N, 1.78°WBarton Beds — 50.74°N, 1.69°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 31.53°N, 95.33°WCook Mountain — 30.67°N, 96.37°WCook Mountain — 30.18°N, 96.94°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.39°WCook Mountain — 31.43°N, 93.85°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 31.60°N, 87.55°WCook Mountain — 31.96°N, 95.27°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 30.01°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.40°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 2.58°S, 43.38°WPirabas — 2.41°S, 44.42°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 29.88°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 30.08°N, 97.50°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 32.44°N, 96.23°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 99.14°WKincaid — 29.32°N, 99.47°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 30.11°N, 97.32°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.06°N, 84.49°WRed Bluff — 30.98°N, 88.73°WRed Bluff — 31.81°N, 88.69°WRed Bluff — 31.66°N, 88.66°WRed Bluff — 31.84°N, 88.75°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WFalun de Jeurs — 48.48°N, 2.23°EKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.28°N, 99.66°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WKiowa — 38.59°N, 97.84°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.93°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.99°WKiowa — 38.89°N, 97.79°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 31.85°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.59°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WTropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WPrairie Bluff — 33.03°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.16°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.02°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WTogopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°EReklaw — 30.88°N, 95.38°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 31.85°N, 94.98°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WReklaw — 30.00°N, 97.25°WReklaw — 31.86°N, 94.94°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.75°N, 76.69°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.63°N, 76.51°W

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The named rock units Corbula has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 371 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 367 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Corbula and its relatives

Eocene

Where Corbula and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,633 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,363 sites for Corbula, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

441 references

Each of the 2,160 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 429 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Corbula

Credit
Jan Delsing
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Bruguière 1789