Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Callista (Costacallista) mortoni
Belongs to Costacallista according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Kiessling 2003
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 suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: Alabama, Mississippi collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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