Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Costacallista according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Basal Heath or Caleto Mero Shales (Oligocene of Peru)
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