Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379
Belongs to Macrocallista according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: 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 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 specimen: UIMG 517. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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