Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Alternative combinations: Corbula murchisoni, Corbula murchisonii
Belongs to Caestocorbula according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also CoBabe and Allmon 1994 and Harris 1919
Sister taxa: Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula allisoni, Caestocorbula angustata, Caestocorbula attina, Caestocorbula aura, Caestocorbula cavus, Caestocorbula clarendonensis, Caestocorbula crassiplica, Caestocorbula fossata, Caestocorbula gigantica, Caestocorbula gujaratensis, Caestocorbula henckeliusiana, Caestocorbula kubera, Caestocorbula subtumida, Caestocorbula twiningi, Caestocorbula wailesiana
Subtaxa: Corbula murchisoni fossata
Type specimen: ANSP 5061, a shell
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (18: Alabama, South Carolina collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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