Eocallista Douvillé 1921 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Parent taxon: Corbiculidae according to R. Gardner 2005

See also Marwick 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Acyrena, Baidunoconcha, Batissa, Corbicula, Corbiculina, Corbiculinae, Cyrenodonax, Cyrenorita, Dentonia, Ditypodon, Filosina, Fulpia, Fulpioides, Nemetia, Neocorbicula, Pharodina, Polymesoda, Sogamosa, Tetoria, Veloritina, Villorita

Subtaxa: Eocallista (Eocallista) Eocallista (Hemicorbicula) Eocallista antiopa Eocallista austrofilia Eocallista krenkeli Eocallista pulchella

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), Germany (1), Lebanon (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), Cuba (1), France (11), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), Somalia (3), Tunisia (24), the United Kingdom (7), Yemen (7)

Total: 65 collections including 71 occurrences

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