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Caestocorbula
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Myacea
Family:
Corbulidae
Subfamily:
Caestocorbulinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Caestocorbula VINCENT, 1910
Type Species:
Corbula henckeliusiana NYST, 1836 (as C. henckeliusi, spelling error), OD
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Fig. E158,6. *C. ( C . ) henckeliusiana (NYST), Eoc., Be1g.; both valves (LV view), X1 (Vincent, 1910; 944)
Synonyms
Ficusocorbula
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Asia-Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Valves discrepant in shape, L V more equilateral and less rostrate than RV; acces- sory siphonal plate posterior to LV fitting into rostrum of RV; projecting chondro- phore of hinge of LV.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Myacea
Family:
Corbulidae
Subfamily:
Caestocorbulinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Caestocorbula VINCENT, 1910
Type Species:
Corbula henckeliusiana NYST, 1836 (as C. henckeliusi, spelling error), OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E158,6. *C. ( C . ) henckeliusiana (NYST), Eoc., Be1g.; both valves (LV view), X1 (Vincent, 1910; 944)
Synonyms
Ficusocorbula
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Asia-Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Valves discrepant in shape, L V more equilateral and less rostrate than RV; acces- sory siphonal plate posterior to LV fitting into rostrum of RV; projecting chondro- phore of hinge of LV.