Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Myoidea > Family Corbulidae

Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 synonym

Children

Varicorbula erythraeensis (H. Adams, 1871)
Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

Literature

status source

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

status source

Mikkelsen, P. M. & Bieler, R. (2001). Varicorbula (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) of the Western Atlantic: Taxonomy, anatomy, life habits, and distribution. The Veliger. 44 (3): 271-293.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378491

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2020-05-28 by Philippe Bouchet

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