Corbula inaequalis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CorbulaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Corbula
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Corbula
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Corbula
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 50 occurrencesMiocene — about 35 of 50 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 12 of 50 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 3 of 50 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 6 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 7 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.6–785 ka Mya — about 1 occurrence785 ka–0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15.98 Mya2.58 Mya23.5 Mya0 Mya

50 occurrences of Corbula inaequalis on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

50 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

11 formations

Choptank — 38.73°N, 76.02°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.41°N, 76.48°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WChoptank — 38.52°N, 76.51°WKirkwood — 38.94°N, 74.91°WKirkwood — 39.40°N, 75.04°WKirkwood — 39.38°N, 75.22°WKirkwood — 39.46°N, 75.30°WKirkwood — 39.00°N, 75.12°WYorktown — 37.23°N, 76.51°WYorktown — 37.21°N, 76.69°WYorktown — 37.02°N, 76.58°WJackson Bluff — 30.39°N, 84.64°WJackson Bluff — 30.43°N, 84.98°WSt Mary's — 38.36°N, 76.39°WSt Mary's — 37.66°N, 76.75°WSt Mary's — 37.56°N, 76.78°WCalvert — 38.63°N, 76.51°WWaccamaw — 33.63°N, 79.16°WWaccamaw — 33.40°N, 79.25°WCoffee Mill Hammock — 26.73°N, 81.51°WRaysor Marl — 33.10°N, 80.67°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WPungo River — 35.40°N, 76.80°W

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The named rock units Corbula inaequalis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Corbula inaequalis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Corbula inaequalis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

376 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 34 sites for Corbula inaequalis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

10 references

Each of the 50 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Corbula inaequalis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Corbula inaequalis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Corbula inaequalis was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Say 1824)