Caestocorbula

Caestocorbula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Corbulidae
Genus:
Vincent, 1910[1]
Species
  • †Caestocorbula anceps Maxwell, 1992
  • †Caestocorbula elegans J. de C. Sowerby[2]
  • †Caestocorbula gigantica Roy & Mukherjee, 2017
  • †Caestocorbula praeviator Maxwell, 1992
  • †Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder & Bano, 2015

Caestocorbula is an extinct genus of saltwater clams in the family Corbulidae. The name has been created for fossils from the Eocene of Belgium.[3]

References

  1. ^ Presence d'un plaque siphonale chez Corbula regulbiensis Morr. E Vincent - Ann Soc R Zool Malacol Belg, 1910, volume 44, pages 141
  2. ^ Gastropod predation on corbulid bivalves - Palaeoecology or Taphonomy ? Gino De Cauwer, Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg. - T. 115 (1985) - fasc . 2 - pages 183-196
  3. ^ The validity of the molluscan genus Caestocorbula Vincent. H. E. Vokes, Am J Sci, November 1, 1944, volume 242, pages 614-623, doi:10.2475/ajs.242.11.614


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