Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Callista (Callista) maculata, Callista maculata, Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) maculata, Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata, Venus maculata
Synonym: Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad 1855
Belongs to Macrocallista according to P. M. Mikkelsen and R. Bieler 2008
See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Hendy et al. 2008, Oinomikado 1939, Olsson 1922, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Woodring 1982
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 femii, Macrocallista furlongi, Macrocallista greeni, Macrocallista hanzawai, Macrocallista inca, Macrocallista incognita, Macrocallista kahoensis, Macrocallista lunulata, Macrocallista marylandica, Macrocallista matsuraensis, Macrocallista minuscula, Macrocallista packi, Macrocallista pittsburgensis, Macrocallista rearensis, Macrocallista stantoni, Macrocallista tecolotensis, Macrocallista tia, Macrocallista traftoni, Macrocallista weaveri, Macrocallista williamsoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (2), United States (9: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene of Colombia (6), Costa Rica (2), Venezuela (15)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (40), Panama (70), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (18: Florida), Venezuela (10)
• Oligocene of Panama (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 184 collections including 185 occurrences
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