Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Belongs to Macrocallista (Costacallista) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Type specimen: UCMP 34890, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (1 collection), Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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