MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

WRiMS taxon details

Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

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

378492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378492)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Varicorbula U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Original name

Tellina gibba Olivi, 1792

Synonymised names

Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881
page(s): 101 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792). Accessed through: 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.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378492 on 2025-06-02

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 gibba (Olivi, 1792). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378492 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-22 11:32:03Z

created

Vanhoorne, Bart

2011-11-12 18:59:31Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-09-09 20:34:58Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-12-18 14:51:40Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881
page(s): 101 [details]

additional source Healy J.M. & Lamprell K.L. (1996). The Atlantic-Mediterranean bivalve, Corbula gibba (Olivi) (Corbulidae: Myoidea) in Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 315-318 [details]

additional source Yonge, C. M. (1946). On the habits and adaptations of Aloidis (Corbula) gibba. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 27: 585-596., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1241/1/On_the_habits_and_adaptations_of_Aloidis_%28Corbula%29_Gibba.pdf [details]

additional source Hrs-Brenko M. (2006). The basket shell, Corbula gibba Olivi, 1792 (Bivalve Mollusks) as a species resistant to environmental disturbances: A review. Acta Adriatica: International journal of Marine Sciences. 47(1): 49-64., available online at https://hrcak.srce.hr/8462 [details]