WoRMS taxon details
Hexacorbula Olsson, 1932
715447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715447)
accepted
Genus
Corbula (Caryocorbula) hexacyma A. P. Brown & Pilsbry, 1913 † accepted as Hexacorbula hexacyma (A. P. Brown & Pilsbry, 1913) † (type by original designation)
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) Olsson, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Caryocorbula (Hexacorbula) Olsson, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Corbula (Hexacorbula) Olsson, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Corbula (Hexacorbula) Olsson, 1932) Olsson, A. A. (1932). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 5, the Peruvian Miocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 19(68): 1-272, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32532232
page(s): 135, 140; note: as new section in the subgenus Corbula (Bothrocorbula), but used like Corbula (Hexacorbula) in the text [details]
page(s): 135, 140; note: as new section in the subgenus Corbula (Bothrocorbula), but used like Corbula (Hexacorbula) in the text [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexacorbula Olsson, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715447 on 2025-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Corbula (Hexacorbula) Olsson, 1932) Olsson, A. A. (1932). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 5, the Peruvian Miocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 19(68): 1-272, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32532232
page(s): 135, 140; note: as new section in the subgenus Corbula (Bothrocorbula), but used like Corbula (Hexacorbula) in the text [details]
page(s): 135, 140; note: as new section in the subgenus Corbula (Bothrocorbula), but used like Corbula (Hexacorbula) in the text [details]
Taxonomy
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]
