Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Egesta
Parent taxon: Clementia according to A. A. Olsson and H.G. Richards 1961
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clementia (Clementia), Clementia conradiana, Clementia elongata, Clementia fischeri, Clementia inequalis
Subtaxa: Clementia (Egesta) grayi Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis Clementia (Egesta) peruviana Egesta peruviana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Miocene of Mexico (2), United States (28: California, Delaware, Florida)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Peru (4), United States (15: California)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Peru (10)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 66 collections including 67 occurrences