Corbula Bruguière, 1797 
AphiaID: 137841

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Myoida > Myoidea > Corbulidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818
Sources		basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Environment		marine
Distribution		Angola [details] Chagos [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Link		To ITIS
Image		[image from typetaxon] Corbula sulcata added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137841
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2013-01-13 09:44:21Z   changed   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Corbula Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137841 on 2013-05-25
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