MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

ERMS taxon details

Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

AphiaID

248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Corbula Bruguière, 1797

Parent

Myoidea Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

Direct children (7)

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Subfamily Corbulinae Lamarck, 1818
1. Genus Corbula Bruguière, 1797
Subfamily Erodoninae Winckworth, 1932
1. Genus Lentidium De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
2. Genus Potamocorbula T. Habe, 1955
Genus Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
Genus Corbulomya Nyst, 1845 accepted as Lentidium De Cristofori & Jan, 1832

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 423, 466, 493; note: Original spelling 'Les Corbulées' (vernacular). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248 on 2026-04-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248 on 2026-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2011-04-30 06:57:51Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-20 11:54:15Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 423, 466, 493; note: Original spelling 'Les Corbulées' (vernacular). [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details] Available for editors

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]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Dutch	korfschelpen	[details]

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