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Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
378491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378491)
accepted
Genus
Tellina gibba Olivi, 1792 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) (type by original designation)
Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 · unaccepted
Vokesula Stenzel & Twining, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Varicorbula albuginosa (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Varicorbula arnouldii (Nyst, 1845) †
- Species Varicorbula erythraeensis (H. Adams, 1871)
- Species Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
- Species Varicorbula granum (Cosel, 1995)
- Species Varicorbula grovesi (Coan, 2002)
- Species Varicorbula krebsiana (C. B. Adams, 1852)
- Species Varicorbula limatula (Conrad, 1846)
- Species Varicorbula michalskii (Sokolov, 1899) †
- Species Varicorbula minuta (Deshayes, 1824) †
- Species Varicorbula muricina (Deshayes, 1857) †
- Species Varicorbula obesa (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Varicorbula philippii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Varicorbula pseudopisum (Cossmann, 1886) †
- Species Varicorbula rotalis (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Varicorbula wemmelensis É. Vincent, 1922 †
- Species Varicorbula yokoyamai T. Habe, 1949
- Species Varicorbula bifrons (A. Adams, 1860) accepted as Varicorbula rotalis (Hinds, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Varicorbula disparilis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Varicorbula limatula (Conrad, 1846)
- Species Varicorbula operculata (R. A. Philippi, 1848) accepted as Corbula operculata R. A. Philippi, 1848 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Varicorbula chowanensis R. H. Bailey, 1977 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 420 [details]
page(s): 420 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Varicorbula Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378491 on 2025-07-10
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original description
(of Corbula (Varicorbula) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Vokesula Stenzel & Twining, 1957 †) Stenzel, H. B., Krause, E. K. & Twining, J. T. (1957). Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City Beds (Middle Eocene). <em>Bureau of Economic Geology, The Univesity of Texas, Austin.</em> 5704: 1–237, pls. 1-22 [15 February]., available online at https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/77690
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
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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). <i>Varicorbula</i> (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) of the Western Atlantic: Taxonomy, anatomy, life habits, and distribution. <em>The Veliger.</em> 44 (3): 271-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495990 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Vokesula Stenzel & Twining, 1957 †) Stenzel, H. B., Krause, E. K. & Twining, J. T. (1957). Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City Beds (Middle Eocene). <em>Bureau of Economic Geology, The Univesity of Texas, Austin.</em> 5704: 1–237, pls. 1-22 [15 February]., available online at https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/77690
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
[request]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). <i>Varicorbula</i> (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) of the Western Atlantic: Taxonomy, anatomy, life habits, and distribution. <em>The Veliger.</em> 44 (3): 271-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495990 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
