Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

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WRiMS taxon details

Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 29.06.2009 and 19.01.2010), actual size 3.9 and 5.0 mm. Note severe drilling on the larger specimen.

AphiaID

378491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378491)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

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Species Varicorbula erythraeensis (H. Adams, 1871)
Species Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 420 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Varicorbula Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed through: Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: http://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378491 on 2025-04-03

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378491 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-22 11:32:03Z

created

Vanhoorne, Bart

2013-01-13 09:44:21Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-05-28 05:05:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 420 [details]

status source 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]

status source Mikkelsen, P. M. & Bieler, R. (2001). Varicorbula (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) of the Western Atlantic: Taxonomy, anatomy, life habits, and distribution. The Veliger. 44 (3): 271-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495990 [details] Available for editors