Marine Species Traits - Corbula Bruguière, 1797

ERMS taxon details

Corbula Bruguière, 1797

AphiaID

137841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

Parent

Corbulinae Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Corbula Bruguière, 1797

Direct children (13)

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Subgenus Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
Species Corbula amurensis Schrenck, 1861 accepted as Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)
Species Corbula costellata Deshayes, 1835 † accepted as Cardiomya costellata (Deshayes, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Corbula curta Locard, 1886 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula erythraeensis H. Adams, 1871 accepted as Varicorbula erythraeensis (H. Adams, 1871) (original combination)
Species Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula granulata Nyst & Westendorp, 1839 accepted as Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)
Species Corbula mactriformis Biondi Giunti, 1859 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula nucleus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula ovata Forbes, 1838 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula physoides Deshayes, 1846 accepted as Physoida physoides (Deshayes, 1846)
Species Corbula rosea T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Corbula rostratocostellata E. von Martens, 1856 accepted as Cardiomya costellata (Deshayes, 1835) (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 230 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbula Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137841 on 2025-05-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Corbula Bruguière, 1797. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137841 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-01-13 09:44:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-08-28 05:25:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-06-05 08:16:17Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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original description Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 230 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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. [details]

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