Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Callista (Macrocallista)
Parent taxon: Veneridae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Adegoke 1977, Durham 1944, Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904, Iqbal 1973, Moore 1976, Morales-Ortega et al. 2016, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Rivera 1957, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Todd 2001, Ward 1992, Woodring 1982 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Anofia, Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Callocardiinae, Calva, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Pitaria, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella
Subtaxa: Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Macrocallista (Megapitaria) Macrocallista andersoni Macrocallista arenophila Macrocallista aurilitoralis Macrocallista caryi Macrocallista cathcartensis Macrocallista cavachana Macrocallista densa Macrocallista ewekoroensis Macrocallista femii Macrocallista furlongi Macrocallista greeni Macrocallista hanzawai Macrocallista inca Macrocallista incognita Macrocallista kahoensis Macrocallista lunulata Macrocallista maculata Macrocallista marylandica Macrocallista matsuraensis Macrocallista minuscula Macrocallista packi Macrocallista pittsburgensis Macrocallista rearensis Macrocallista stantoni Macrocallista tecolotensis Macrocallista tia Macrocallista traftoni Macrocallista weaveri Macrocallista williamsoni
Type: Venus nimbosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Haiti (1), Mexico (9), South Africa (3), Taiwan (1), United States (45: California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (2), Yemen (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Taiwan (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Colombia (7), Costa Rica (9), Ecuador (3), Haiti (1), Panama (4), United States (22: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (16)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (40), Germany (2), India (2), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (97), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (42: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (10)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (4), Germany (1), Japan (2), Panama (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (37: Alaska, California, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Angola (3), Colombia (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (110: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: California, Louisiana)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
Total: 531 collections including 560 occurrences
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