Caestocorbula

{{Short description|Extinct genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Caestocorbula | authority = Vincent, 1910<ref>Presence d'un plaque siphonale chez Corbula regulbiensis Morr. E Vincent - Ann Soc R Zool Malacol Belg, 1910, volume 44, pages 141</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * †''Caestocorbula anceps'' Maxwell, 1992 * †''Caestocorbula elegans'' J. de C. Sowerby<ref>Gastropod predation on corbulid bivalves - Palaeoecology or Taphonomy ? Gino De Cauwer, Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg. - T. 115 (1985) - fasc . 2 - pages 183-196</ref> * †''Caestocorbula gigantica'' Roy & Mukherjee, 2017 * †''Caestocorbula praeviator'' Maxwell, 1992 * †''Caestocorbula gujaratensis'' Halder & Bano, 2015 | synonyms = }}

'''''Caestocorbula''''' is an extinct genus of saltwater clams in the family Corbulidae. The name has been created for fossils from the Eocene of Belgium.<ref>The validity of the molluscan genus Caestocorbula Vincent. H. E. Vokes, Am J Sci, November 1, 1944, volume 242, pages 614-623, {{doi|10.2475/ajs.242.11.614}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{eol|4730641}} * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828098 ''Caestocorbula'' at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)] * {{fossilworks|id=18434|title=''Caestocorbula''|access-date=7 September 2016}}

Category:Corbulidae Category:Prehistoric bivalve genera