Arctic to northern Brasil, to Sénégal; Baltic, Mediterranean. Half burrowed in a depression dug in sediments, where it captures small crustaceans with its giant inhalant siphon (Morton, 1981), « from about 70m to the continental margin, becoming progressively deeper further south » (MBSBI).

« Corbula granulata: testa orbiculari-globosa, tenui, subtiliter granulata; intus margaritifera; postico latere angulato; natibus minimis, recurvis. — Locality: Anvers. We found only one valve of this interesting species, very distinguishable by the fine granulations that coat it. » – H. Nyst & G. D. Westendorp: “Nouvelles recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de la province d’Anvers”, Bulletin de l’Académie royale des sciences tome VI 2e partie, Bruxelles 1839, pp. 398 & 414, via BHL.

« […] The texture is extremely thin and delicately fragile, yet is not so transparent as from its slight fabric might be expected, owing to the nature of its peculiar surface. This, which is of a pale clay colour, and utterly devoid of lustre, appears, when highly magnified, to be most minutely and crowdedly scabrous, the asperities not being arranged in any determinate figure. Where these have been abraded, the surface appears of a pearly white, pricked over with but slightly indented wavy punctures. » – Forbes & Hanley: British mollusca vol. I, London 1853, p.204, family Coralidae.