Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Macrocallista (Costacallista) gabrielensis
Synonym: Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Belongs to Costacallista according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Clark and Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Type specimens:
- Costacallista gabrielensis: UCMP 34895, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.
- Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis: UCMP 34898, a shell. Its type locality is U.C. Loc S 7333, which is in the Eocene of conglomerate Colombia.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections), Panama (6)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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