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Corbula operculata R. A. Philippi, 1848
505875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505875)
accepted
Species
Varicorbula operculata (R. A. Philippi, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
Philippi, R. A. (1848). Beschreibung zweier neuer Conchylien aus der Sammlung des Herrn Consul Gruner in Bremen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5: 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292206
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbula operculata R. A. Philippi, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505875 on 2025-09-12
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Philippi, R. A. (1848). Beschreibung zweier neuer Conchylien aus der Sammlung des Herrn Consul Gruner in Bremen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5: 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292206
page(s): 13 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional 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
note: treated as nomen dubium [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional 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
note: treated as nomen dubium [details] Available for editors





Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Varicorbula operculata (R. A. Philippi, 1848))
To Malacopics (Corbula operculata R. A. Philippi, 1848 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenadines, off Bequia Island, by dredging, at 60-65 m depth, collected 2009-03-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Varicorbula operculata (R. A. Philippi, 1848))
To Malacopics (Corbula operculata R. A. Philippi, 1848 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenadines, off Bequia Island, by dredging, at 60-65 m depth, collected 2009-03-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)